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Podcast - Greek elections: A marathon, not a sprint
Agora’s Headache, Greece Finds Its Feet - https://www.wsj.com/articles/once-europes-headache-greece-finds
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European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points
EconomyProgrammeThe European Commission (EC) published on April 25 its fourth review on Greece’s Economic Adjustment Programme. This was the first report since July 2013 and follows the agreement reached between the troika and the Greek government in mid March after six months of negotiations. The report
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European Commission paper highlights challenges for Greek exports
EconomyThe European Commission (EC) published an economic paper titled “The puzzle of the missing Greek exports” showing that Greece’s export performance is dramatically lagging behind, yet its export potential could be enormous. Greece has a track record of protracted trade deficits and low openness
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European Commission sees some progress in Greece's market reforms
EconomyProgrammeIn its report titled “Market Reforms at Work in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece,” the European Commission (EC) has outlined that reforms of the public administration, the judicial system and those to facilitate the ease of doing business in Greece have had a positive but partial impact
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European Commission says 2014 is a turning point for Greece as growth resumes
EconomyIn its autumn economic forecast released today, the European Commission (EC) highlights that 2014 would be the turning point for Greece with the domestic economy turning to growth after six years of recession. EC retains unchanged its previous forecasts calling for GDP growth of 0.6 percent in 2014
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European Commission's Greek DSA sees recession ahead, debt becoming unsustainable
EconomyProgrammeAhead of the Eurogroup meeting on Friday, the European Commission prepared an updated Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), which was published by the Wall Street Journal. Real GDP is expected to contract by 2.3 percent in 2015 and by another 1.3 percent in 2016, before turning to growth of 2.7
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammeA document recently published by the European Commission (EC) last week outlines the context and rationale of the reform and adjustment process as well as an analysis of the expected impact of the main measures included in the third bailout programme. On the fiscal adjustment, the report notes
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Greek stocks rebound 1.9 pct during week but fail to match European markets
EconomyThe Greek stock market advanced 1.9 percent this week after the sharp losses of 8.8 percent recorded last week following the outcome of the UK referendum, which caused turmoil in the global markets. However, the domestic market performed worse than the main European markets, which almost erased
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European Commission positive on Greece's macro and fiscal prospects
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece is showing signs of recovery and its economy is expected to strongly rebound as of 2017 if the second programme review is completed, the European Commission (EC) notes in its winter economic forecasts published on Monday. The EC also anticipates a notable outperformance of the fiscal target
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European Commission's DSA reveals serious concerns over debt sustainability, need for relief
EconomyProgrammeThe updated debt sustainability analysis (DSA) was included in the compliance report of the second programme review published by the European Commission (EC) on Friday afternoon. The DSA examines four scenarios and concludes that the resulting high debt and gross financing needs (GFN) ratios “point
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