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Athens gearing up for new bond issue amid favourable market conditions
EconomyProgrammeGreek authorities appear to be working in parallel on the two goals Athens has set following the completion of the second post-programme review: To issue another sovereign bond and to pay off some of Greece’s debt to the International Monetary Fund before it matures. Friday’s Eurogroup decision
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Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
billion euros in its cash buffer. Asked in the press conference following last Friday’s Eurogroup
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe pointed out that at last week’s Eurogroup Greece appeared to have renewed its commitment to implementing
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEurogroup. “Mr Tsipras has signed the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which we voted against
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammeflexibility over the income tax intervention is in contrast to the message sent by the Eurogroup
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
is in contrast to the message sent by the Eurogroup following the April 5 meeting, when eurozone
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S&P keeps rating at 'B+' and highlights obstacles to competitiveness
EconomyStandard and Poor’s (S&P) reaffirmed on Friday its credit rating for Greece at ‘B+’, also maintaining its positive outlook. S&P was the first rating agency to upgrade Greece following the Eurogroup agreement in June last year when the parameters for the debt relief were agreed but has kept
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Debt relief measures move ahead as Athens prepares to use fiscal space
EconomyProgrammea decision by the Eurogroup on April 5, when eurozone finance ministers agreed that Athens had completed
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Athens plans to use cash buffer to create fiscal leeway for expansionary measures
EconomyProgrammebe addressed in more detail at the Eurogroup meeting on May 16, or it may be deferred until
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Lenders highlight risks of 'short-term popular' measures unveiled by government
EconomyProgramme-programme commitments to the Eurogroup.” However, comments made by unnamed European officials
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