European Union and International Monetary Fund officials today complete a review of Greece's plan for 78 billion euros ($113 billion) in asset sales and austerity measures as they prepare the nation's second bailout in little more than a year.

The assessment caps a week when Greece's fiscal crisis worsened enough for Moody's Investors Service to raise the probability of a default to 50 percent. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will discuss the findings at 3 p.m. on a visit to his Luxembourg counterpart, Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads the group of euro-area finance ministers.

“The medium-term plan is largely completed and some technical details remain,” George Petalotis, Papandreou's spokesman, said yesterday. “There were no major hiccups.”

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