Agora
Posts in Economy
I know what you did the summer before last
Absent of any tense negotiations with Greece’s creditors or another national drama, some Greeks have decided to relive the anguished days of 2015 again by arguing over what SYRIZA’s plan was during the first half of the year – until Alexis Tsipras capitulated – and who should be held responsible for what.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (421), Economy (357), Society (156), Greece (538)
Portugal, market access and programme exit
Portugal kept access to short-term markets during the programme and compensated the small financial envelope from the troika by issuing more short-term debt over the programme that ran between 2011-2014.
Contributor: Rui Peres Jorge
Categories: Europe (298), Economy (357)
![en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/01/22/cyprusgeorgiades_1000_myrto_2101-large.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
How Cyprus re-entered the market
If the speculation is correct, then Greece will tap the bond markets this week for the first time in three years and for the first time under the SYRIZA-led government.
Contributor: Fiona Mullen
Categories: Europe (298), Economy (357)
There's always next season
A stale parliamentary debate that rarely stayed on topic seemed a good way to wrap up another disappointing political season in Greece.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (421), Economy (357), Greece (538)
In the case of Greek debt, it's the "how" that's missing
Over the period of nine months that it took to complete the second programme review, the role of the International Monetary Fund as Alexis Tsipras’s strongest ally to secure debt relief was one of the many curved balls that flew past the Greek prime minister.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (357), Greece (538)