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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
Eurogroup nod allows next move Govt aims to pay off some IMF loans early after receiving 1 bln from... measures, worth almost 1 billion euros, after the European Commission deemed that Athens had completed... commitments for end-2018,” and unlocking close to 1 billion euros in funds. exclude any strategic
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
to lead to 1 percent of GDP in savings but were also designed to create greater fairness among pensioners, the reduction to the tax-free threshold is also aimed at generating an extra 1 percent of GDP... is designed to raise extra revenue equivalent to 1 percent of GDP (roughly 1.8 billion euros). Reports
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NBG reports net profits of 131 mln in Q1, accelerating profitability
EconomyBanking(-29 million euros) and consumer loans (-1 million). This led the group NPL ratio to stand at 28.2... the ECB, with the Bank enjoying a large liquidity buffer. Capital The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1... deconsolidation. The pro forma CET 1 comes to around 12.8 percent. Management noted that the planned sale
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
have an estimated impact of around 1 percent of GDP, or 1.8 billion euros, and is seen as being... and not creating an extra 1 percent in fiscal space for growth-enhancing reforms of the tax system... a fiscal cost of more than 1 percent of GDP in 2019 and beyond. These range from tax repayments
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe first hirings (1,500 people) would be made in the police force, adding that the 1:5 ratio may... that it would reach the 1:1 ratio the government has been implementing since the start of the year. Justice
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Unemployment rate up to 19.2 pct in Q1, long-term jobless still falling
EconomyMacroeconomythe 1 million mark for a fourth consecutive quarter. However, Q1’s unemployment figure was the highest... age group where unemployment fell by 2.8 pps to stand at 28.3. An increase of 1 pps was seen in those... unemployed (over 1 year) declined for a seventh consecutive quarter to 589,000. Out of the total, long
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Greece aims to bolster Balkan role to dull impact of EU veto for Skopje, Tirana
PoliticsForeign Policyaffected by delaying the beginning of North Macedonia’s EU accession are: Article 1 paragraph 10... in accordance with Article 1 (3) shall commence at the opening of each EU negotiation chapter... following the agreement are referred to in paragraph 9 of article 1. They add that Skopje has a clear
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 4.7 mln in Q3
EconomyBanking. The bank noted that in Q3, new disbursements of loans to the private sector amounted to roughly 1... offset a decline in state deposits. On an annual basis, deposits in Greece showed inflows of 1... percent compared to 103 percent in Q2 2019. Capital The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio stood at 18
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BoG runs numbers to show how tackling NPE stock will benefit banks' bottom line
EconomyBankinginternal capital. The capital adequacy of Greek banks stood at 15.6 percent in Common Equity Tier 1... of NPEs between 1 and 10 percent brings relief of 500 million to 5.2 billion euros to the balance sheet in the form of risk weighted assets (RWA). With the exercise taking place at net book value, CET 1
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PDMA sets 2020 goals to build on improving conditions for debt
Economycompared to peers. Based on the assumptions of the European institutions, which see growth averaging 1..., in the volume of 3 billion euros, in line with the IMF repayment that took place this year. In scenario 1... billion euros. The PDMA outlines four main objectives in next year’s funding policy: 1) Enhance
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