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Eurobank profitability accelerates in second quarter, at 190 mln in H1
EconomyBankingpercent in Q2, with the “Mexico” securitisation of 5.15 billion euros nominal value proceeding according
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat vaccinations are still not proceeding at the desired rate, and that while there is high demand for booster
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Doubts about GSI resurface as Turkey raises objections over electricity cable
PoliticsForeign Policy“provocative” and accusing Greece and Cyprus of proceeding without Turkey’s consent. The same sources
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Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
AgoraBy now books about the financial crisis of 2008/09 and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area... participation. Streeck’s key focus rests on analysing how since 2008/09 euro area governments sought... in the euro area, financial diplomats from the troika, the ECB in Frankfurt and the Commission in Brussels
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agoraand the combined other 18 member countries of the euro area. We have taken the euro area as a whole because... in the BOP can be influenced by exchange rate movements. Since all 19 euro area countries use the same... countries of the euro area have saved some of their income. Before the Great Recession in 2009-2010
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Sharp increase in May arrivals, particularly from Germany, delivers travel balance boost
EconomyMacroeconomyof the EU receipts dropped by 2 percent to 312 million. Euro area residents were the main contributor... million. The non-euro area EU28 spending came to 347 million, up by over 32 percent. Germany had... percent, while those outside of the EU dropped by 2.4 percent. Visitors from the euro area were up
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agoraand executed left scars throughout the euro area. In the countries that had to succumb to adjustment... the euro area. Within this context, the role of the ECB and its presidents needs to be scrutinised... and today what counts is to abide by the rules, to have well-managed governance of the euro area
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyand remained well above the euro area average, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). This rate had... the respective euro-area average rate of 1.56 percent in April, although the difference narrowed during... to 6 percent. The average euro-area rate on corporate loans over 1 million euros stands almost 4
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ECB survey shows enduring preference for cash payments in Greece
EconomyFeaturescard and electronic payments. The study titled “The use of cash by households in the euro area... surveyed at 75 percent. The survey found that in 2016, euro area consumers made 1.6 payments per day on average, equalling nearly 11 payments per week. Of these, the average in the euro area was 1.2
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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agoraarea as its 18th member. It thereby becomes the second Baltic state to join the eurozone after... area and will be the poorest country in the single currency zone (measured in terms of GDP-per-capita... structural reforms implied. Euro area membership for Latvia and the rotating EU presidency for Greece
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