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Record FDI flow into Greece raises bar, but is it sustainable?
EconomyFeaturesof net inflows, the total exceeded the pre-pandemic high of almost 4.5 billion recorded in 2019... accounts for 13 pct of the total stock. Even within the service sector, however, it is notable... to regain its pre-crisis levels of over 3 billion euros net inflows, while total FDI broke the 4-billion
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Newsletter 424 - 24/05/2024
just short of 15 billion euros, from the total 36 billion euros envelope. The 14.9 billion euros... slower pace. Out of the total of 7.6 billion euros in grants, just 3.45 billion euros has reached firms..., the total applications for funding stand at 23.8 billion euros, while the signed contracts stand
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Newsletter 496 - 27/02/2026
of total exports. Another roughly 20 percent came from companies with 50 to 249 employees, a group... percent of Greek companies, yet their share of total exports is only 22 percent. The top five exporters generated 12.8 billion euros in exports -over 27 percent of the total - meaning that one in four
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Value of HFSF's shareholdings in core Greek banks sinks to 18.5 bln
EconomyBankingto a small fraction of the total amount. Initial press reports indicated that HFSF would proceed to voluntary... (unrealized capital gains) of 1.43 billion from bank holdings and warrants. In particular... of accounting gains in Q1 reversed to unrealized capital losses of 6.6 billion since
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBankingwith zero ELA reliance. Excluding EFSF bonds (related to last year’s capital increase), net ECB exposure corresponds to 4.4 percent of total assets. The bank’s Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio improved to 16.2 percent in Q2 from 10.5 percent in Q1, mainly reflecting the capital increase of 2.5
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BoG runs numbers to show how tackling NPE stock will benefit banks' bottom line
EconomyBankingwill sell NPEs and will extend the equal amount in new credit, which suggests that their total credit... the composition of their capital base, 60 percent of which consists of deferred tax credits (DTC... internal capital. The capital adequacy of Greek banks stood at 15.6 percent in Common Equity Tier 1
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Our cruel summer
Agora” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable
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What do EBA tests reveal, or fail to highlight, about Greek banks?
Economypercent of CT1) of the total PSI-related DTA, while CRD3 rules allow full recognition. This explains.... The disclosed data mainly involve each bank’s composition of capital and risk-weighted assets (RWA), market..., there are some important conclusions to draw from the released data. The first finding relates to capital
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What is SYRIZA planning to do with Greek banks?
Economyprogramme with a total cost estimated at 11.4 billion euros. SYRIZA’s economic policies were... systemic banks (Alpha, Eurobank, NBG and Piraeus). Following last year’s capital increases of 8.3 billion... related to increases or decreases of share capital, mergers, split-ups or winding up of banks
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin private sector deposits (15 percent of the total) withdrawn between December and February plus... lead to the coalition having to take decisions, such as controlling the flow of capital... elections cannot be ruled out, in which capital controls might have to be imposed to stem deposit
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