But the group of lenders that the EU and the IMF wanted to help the most – the banks – only partly reduced their exposure. Between May 2010 and September 2011, the value of Greek sovereign debt held by French banks dropped by €4.6 billion (39%), while German banks reduced their holdings by €2.9 billion (31%) and Italian banks by €530 million (30%).
但欧盟和国际货币基金组织最想帮助的放款群体 — 银行，却仅仅部分降低了暴露。2010年5月至2011年9月间，法国的银行持有的希腊主权债务价值下降了46亿欧元（39%），而德国的银行持有的股份减少了29亿欧元（31%），意大利的银行减少了5.3亿欧元（30%）。在某种程度上，这一下降反映了现存债务市场价值的减少。因此，平均而言，银行售出很少、