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Rise in import prices slow further to 15.7 pct YoY in Nov
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Deposit outflow at 550 mln in Oct, led by a decline in corporates
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Re-opening of benchmark bond fetches 200 mln at steep yield of 4.44 pct
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In another cautious move, PDMA fetches 975 mln for 5 yrs at variable rate
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S&P leaves Greece a notch away from investment grade as outlook blurs
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Fitch leaves rating unchanged at 'BB', sees small recession and primary deficit next year
Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger

Just one week after the Greek Finance Ministry submitted to Parliament the draft budget for 2014 - which sees a primary surplus of 2.9 billion euros, or 1.6 percent of GDP – European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen appears to have put the economic plan in some doubt, while testing the limits of Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras’s positivity.
It is widely known from previous reviews that in troika jargon when a mission is stopped until “technical work is completed” it means there is a disconnect between the two sides and a gap in views which needs to be bridged, usually so the final, shared ...
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