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ECB's negative opinion on foreclosure bill creates another obstacle in bailout talks
There has been no official response from the Greek coalition to the European Central Bank (ECB) publishing on April 10 its opinion on the draft law on the suspension of primary residence foreclosures until the end of 2015.
Higher revenues set to ease coalition's liquidity concerns
The Greek state has to imminently cover funding needs of around 1.2 billion euros this week in two key transactions, which are the most important for April’s obligations.
Updated Greek reform proposals see 2015 primary surplus reaching programme target 3 pct
Following the initial proposals on fiscal and structural measures from Greece, which we presented on March 30, the Financial Times revealed on Wednesday the updated version of the 26-page document submitted by the Finance Ministry (MoF) to the institutions.
A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
Greece and the Brussels Group began discussing over the weekend the details of the fiscal and structural measures proposed by Athens with the aim of securing the gradual disbursal of the remaining 7.2 billion euros in bailout funds.
Greece prepares reforms list, eyes solution to liquidity shortage
Following the two crucial meeting of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with top eurozone officials last Thursday and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday, the next key task for the government involves the submission of a full list of specific and detailed reforms.
After paying IMF, Greece looks to cover remaining funding needs for March and April
Τhe government has covered a large part of its funding needs for March, which mainly comprised of 1.5 billion euros in payments to the International Monetary Fund and the rollover of 4.6 billion euros worth of T-Bills.
Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
Overcoming a lack of liquidity and covering its funding needs until June are fast dominating the governments economic policy agenda.
Greece sees lower primary surplus at 0.3 pct for 2014, fiscal challenges remain
The Finance Ministry (MoF) said in a press release on Monday evening that the primary surplus for 2014 reached 0.3 percent of GDP, according to Greece’s Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) methodology.
Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
Apart from Greece’s funding needs and the means by which they will be covered until the disbursement of the pending bailout tranches of 7.2 billion euros, another pressing issue that will be closely monitored after technical discussions between Greece and the institutions began in Brussels on Wednesday is that of the fiscal performance and outlook for this year.
Ahead of Eurogroup, Greece juggles funds to cover liquidity shortage
Eurozone finance ministers meet on Monday afternoon to discuss, amongst other things, the list of seven reforms submitted by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis last week - a vital step towards Greece possibly overcoming its pressing liquidity problems.