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Another euro stitch unpicked
Agoraare going to be incredibly tense, there isn’t now. The European Central Bank’s decision on Wednesday... of this decision already: Here’s Frederik Ducrozet, chief economist at Credit Agricole: “The bottom line is that ECB’s decision is a risky, albeit calculated political move, pressuring the Greek government
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
euros: 1.84 million from the European Central Bank’s securities markets programme (SMP) profits... in 2014 and was expected to produce broadly similar levels by the previous government for this year’s..., Greece’s opposition parties appear to be awaking from their slumber. Until the last few days
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SYRIZA strife not a rebellion in the making yet
PoliticsGreek Politicswill force the government to sign a deal that runs contrary to the party’s main pre-election pledges... of the government’s handling of the negotiations so far and are signalling that they are against a deal that crosses SYRIZA’s so-called “red lines,” including pension and labour reform but they have limited
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
Banks face stress tests Government aims to complete recapitalisation by year’s end Speaking... network in Bulgaria by Postbank, Eurobank’s subsidiary in that country. According to a joint statement... were incorporated in the parent company’s financial statements. Our understanding
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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
installed the latest Macropolis App version. Greece’s tax burden increases Revenue ratio above OECD average for second year in a row The latest OECD report on tax revenue statistics showed Greece’s tax... average of 34.4 percent for the second year in a row. In 2013, Greece’s ratio stood at 34.4 percent
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Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
AgoraLast July the conditionality of Greece’s third programme included savings of 1 percent of GDP from... to the accumulation of Greek public debt and the creation of the country’s fiscal deficits. The extent of the issue is well illustrated in the first budget that George Papandreou’s government submitted at the end
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agoraand lengthy negotiations in Brussels last July, maybe it seemed that Tsipras’s toughest choices were.... The implementation of the measures agreed last summer, the need to revive Greece’s banks, the search for ways to get the economy back on track, the constant pressure to satisfy the country’s lenders
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The reflection in Golden Dawn's mirror
AgoraIt’s been a while since Greece’s media and political parties paid any attention to Golden Dawn. That changed on Monday, when the neo-Nazi party’s spokesman and MP Ilias Kassidiaris allegedly shoved... led to all of the far-right party’s MPs being expelled from the session, during which MPs were
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The wit and will of men
AgoraThe stock phrases came thick and fast after Monday’s Eurogroup. “Great progress,” “very close... Fund were not able to bridge their differences over Greece’s growth forecasts and fiscal targets... further debt relief measures could be considered by Greece’s lenders. The pledge for restructuring
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Newsletter 133
. The head of the IMF’s European Department Poul Thomsen indicated on Thursday that the Fund sees the ECB’s... organisation’s demand for a new set of asset quality reviews (AQRs) to be conducted. The IMF has... that the tests could be concluded by May, which is three months before Greece’s programme is due to end
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