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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
substantially from a previous 1 percent to 2.5 percent. However, the Fund revise downward its GDP growth... Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.1 percent in September after an increase of 1 percent in August.... Additionally, the last time that the CPI went above 1 percent was in November 2017. The average CPI
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammethat is along the lines of the draft plan submitted to Greek Parliament on October 1, which includes a scenario in which the 1 percent of GDP in pension cuts agreed with the institutions are applied... on October 1 and the plan that will be sent to Brussels is that the Finance Ministry will detail
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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens had succeeded in cancelling the 1 percent reduction in pension spending, which was due... of SYRIZA (30.5 percent vs 21.5 percent), which means the gap between the two has narrowed by just 1... grown by 1 point since the company’s last survey in July. The polling company also notes a slight
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Eurobank to merge with Grivalia Properties and create SPV to cut bad loans
EconomyBankingthat is expected to increase the bank’s capital value by 1 billion euros. The deal will take the form... ordinary shares for every 1 Grivalia ordinary share, while Eurobank shareholders will retain...) and pre-provision income of 1 billion (0.28 euros per share) based on nine-month results. Around 30
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Alpha Bank profits at 41 mln in Q3, reach 53.3 mln in 9M
EconomyBankingthe Jupiter portfolio of NPLs valued around 1 billion euros to a consortium of funds managed by Apollo and IFC... of investment banking and brokerage. Recurring operating expenses rose by 1 percent QoQ 274.5 million, falling... plan. Capital The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio stood at 18.3 percent, down slightly from
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General govt primary cash surplus at 6.68 bln in October, arrears rise by 9 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy(+1 million). At 30.5 percent, arrears of SSFs made up the majority of arrears during the month... and came to 2.38 billion euros, or under 1 percent of the total. Guarantees The stock of gg... billion, rising by 3 million, while non-gg entities fell by 1 million. Bank-related guarantees fell
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
by a fall in the number of unemployed by around 34,200 quarter-on-quarter, keeping the figure under 1... and fishing. CPI up by 1 pct in November Latest reading marks eight consecutive months of price rises... Price Index (CPI) rose by 1 percent in November from a rise of 1.8 percent in October, ELSTAT data
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Athens poised to unveil new minimum wage as post-MoU review continues
EconomyProgramme, the IMF maintains its long standing position that growth will retract to just above 1 percent, when... will then be issued by Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou so the new minimum wage can be implemented from February 1... minimum wage up to around 630 euros from February 1.
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
into force on Friday, February 1. The increase was more than had been expected and above the level... time in a decade to 650 euros per month, from 586 euros currently, effective from February 1... their earnings improving as of February 1. The new minimum wage of 650 euros gross translates into 546
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General govt primary cash surplus at 5.63 bln in Dec, arrears fall by 536 mln but miss target
EconomyMacroeconomybudget arrears (-29 million). Extrabudgetary fund arrears rose by a slight 1 million euros.... In the other underlying subcategories, T-Bills edged up by 1 million to 15.28 billion (4.3 percent... under 1 billion euros. Bank support guarantees came to 350 million as mentioned, leaving
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