by Calculated Risk on 4/28/2010 08:49:00 AM

From Bloomberg: Stocks Drop as Sovereign-Debt Crisis Spreads; Greek Bonds Slump

[Y]ields on Greek two-year notes jumped to a record 26 percent ... The yield soared almost 600 basis points at one stage today. Ireland’s jumped 90 basis points to 4.64 percent, Portugal’s increased 93 basis points to 6.24 percent and Spain’s rose 20 basis points to 2.26 percent.

The IMF, ECB and German officials are meeting today. They have scheduled a press conference at 9 AM ET, to be followed by a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at 10:45 AM ET.