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Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
EconomyProgrammethose paying social security contributions as well as pensioners, include: 1) Consolidation of all... system. The third memorandum of understanding (MoU) calls for pension cost savings of 1 percent... per month. The government’s plan includes a 1 percent increase in the current social security
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammesavings of 1 percent of GDP for 2016. In the 2016 budget, the Finance Ministry (MoF) adopted those cost... increase in the social security contributions by 1.5 percentage point (1 for employers and 0.5... the fiscal target of 0.5 percent of GDP. The key ones are: 1) VAT streamlining (900 million
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
for a rise in the SSC for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage points (pp), of which 1 pp will come... euros required to achieve the agreed pension cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion) in 2016...–20,000 euros. On the fiscal front, there are estimates that the fiscal gap could reach 0.5–1 percent
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Wide range of exacting issues lie ahead for Greece in first bailout review
EconomyProgrammebailout programme calling for pension cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion euros) in 2016... to legislate credible measures yielding 1 percent of GDP in total for 2017-18 to support the 2018 fiscal target... sub-tranches of 2 and 1 billion were disbursed on November 23 and December 22 after
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Time deposit rate almost stable in December, average loan rate rises 17 bps
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek households’ new time deposit rate rose by 1 basis point to 1.02 percent in December, Bank... in corporate lending were recorded in loans for amounts above 1 million euros, where rate rose by 19 bps to 5.19 percent and in for amounts between 250,000 and 1 million euros, where rate fell 13 bps
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Time deposit rate almost flat in Jan, average loan rate falls 12 bps
EconomyMacroeconomyin January, when it eased marginally by 1 basis point (bp) to 1.01 percent in January, Bank of Greece... 1 bp to a new low of 0.55 percent in January. Loans The most marked change in corporate lending was posted in loans for amounts above 1 million euros, where the rate fell by 33 bps, after rising by 19
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Central gov’t debt rises to 321.3 bln in Q4, financial aid loans at new high of 220.4 bln
Economy: a) the disbursement of the two bailout sub-tranches of 2 billion euros on November 24 and 1 billion... short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5 years) debt. Greece’s cash deposits advanced
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Piraeus posts 1.24 bln loss in Q4 on jump in loan provisions
EconomyBankingstock falling by around 1 billion euros from its 2015 level of 26.88 billion. The bank also disclosed... Eurosystem funding shows 13.7 billion relate to EFSF and ESM bonds, 14.4 billion to loans, 1 billion... in November, the phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 (Tier1) ratio reached 17.8 percent in Q4 with the fully
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NBG records loss of 2.05 bln in Q4 on one-offs and jump in credit risk provisions
EconomyBankingreflects: 1) Negative impact of 1.16 billion euros from Finansbank (mostly additional impairment of 612.... Net interest income (NII) edged up 1 percent QoQ to 474 million euros, largely due to lower..., the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio reached 17.5 percent in Q4. The fully-loaded Basel III CET1 ratio
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Some progress made as Greek programme review heads for break
EconomyProgrammescale are estimated at around 1 billion euros, while an increase in the solidarity levy rates is also considered, which could fetch another 1 billion in tax revenues. Another tax issue relates... also discussed measures yielding at least 1 percent of GDP for achieving the primary surplus target
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