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Overall loan interest edged up to 4.36 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomycorporations rose by 2 percentage points to 4.36 percent in January from 4.34 percent in December, data... interest rate on all existing loans dropped by 2 bps to 3.97 percent. The spread between existing loan... rose by 2 bps to 14.62 percent. The average interest rate on consumer loans with a defined maturity
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 49 mln in Q4 and 270 mln in 2019
EconomyBankingof 2 percent YoY. Asset quality NPEs fell by around 1.2 billion euros in Q4, taking the stock to 24.5... billion, and Phoenix valued at 2 billion. These portfolios will be placed with the Hellenic Asset... reached 1.44 billion, a rise of 2 percent YoY. The bank’s management noted that 4.1 billion in new
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Newsletter 253 -05/06/2020
growth and is the sharpest QoQ contraction since Q3 2015, when there was a drop of 2 percent. Compared... government consumption rose by 2.3 percent QoQ and by 2 percent YoY. As mentioned, these movements led... percent is expected in 2020 compared to an estimated 2 percent GDP growth before the pandemic. GDP
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We can't ignore population shifts within the European Union
Agorawhether these differences are a cause of population movements in the EU more broadly.[2] In fact... or over 30 percent of the 2020 base. In contrast, the north-west is expected to lose 2 million people... (both books are available on Amazon.com). [2] The cycles may be changing in both countries
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
Agoracapital stock have been done for OECD countries and a number of emerging and developing countries.[2... capital stock in real terms. Figure 2 shows the results for the balance sheet of a net nominal... to Eurostat. We see in Figure 2 that the relativities between Greece and the euro-19 are similar
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agora.[2] It would be helpful if the Greek government could also present a long-run plan to the public... population.” Figure 2 shows the comparison of working-age populations (WAP) in the book (2011... tend to define the WAP as those between the ages of 15-75. We have now included 2 further cohorts
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Where is Odysseus? Part 3 - Participation
Agora” scenario restrains the recovery of the PR to 59½ percent.[2] If Greece were to approach the EU27 level... to be in the labor force (LF). This is shown in Figure 2. The baseline scenario for the labor force.... Recall, there are two reasons: 1. Slightly higher population and, 2. Slightly bigger WAP
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
. This emerges as a more divisive issue, with only 2 pct of ND voters agreeing that Mitsotakis should step... by Lithuania at 3.6 pct of GDP, but with a much smaller allocation of 2 billion euros. The largest nominal... to roughly 2 billion euros, jumping from 1.14 billion euros in August. The revenues
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agoraby the Greek government.[2] Our more-modest real GDP outlook for the long run is quite below that of the EU... productivity improvements must be pushed up mathematically, even to over 2 percent a year around the 2040s... these two diverging growth outlooks. Figure 2 graphs the comparison between the real GDP potential
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agora-investment balance of the government (the public sector). Figure 2 below shows the results... of the government in Figure 2. Financing the current account deficits. When a country runs a current account... banks. In 2008-Q1, the “restricted” Greek NII position[2] was a deficit of €-160 billion, or -68
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