Greece says a complex debt deal with U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs that has come under scrutiny by the European Union was above board, and will be explained in a letter being sent by the finance minister to the European Union. The EU's top economy official, Olli Rehn, gave the Greek government until Friday to supply answers on how it used transactions known as currency swaps and how that affected the country's debt and deficit figures. Athens insists the 2001 Goldman Sachs deal was legal and complied with EU regulations at the time. "There will be a response. There is a letter by the finance minister," government spokesman Giorgos Petalotis said.
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