New elections have been called in Greece and so we look at the timeline of what might happen in the coming months and the consequences if a solution to Greece's problems is not found.
Fed chairman Bernanke may effectively already be a lame duck as he is likely to step down in early 2014 and his dovish views appear to be increasingly isolated within the organisation. This could be a huge issue going forward.
With market strains increasing rapidly, the ECB remains the one with the capacity to react fast. After the ECB has acted first to try to bring some calmness to markets, something could happen on the government front as well.