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Greek deposit and loan rates slide in September
EconomyMacroeconomydeposit rate led the average rate on new deposits slightly lower by 2 bps to 1.32 percent in September.... The combined impact of lower deposit and loan rates led the average spread down for the first time... rates was up to 10 bps in September. The average spread posted a slightly lower drop compared
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Alpha Bank nine-month profits at 110.3 mln, NPL ratio at 33.6 pct
EconomyBankingpercent QoQ to 491 million euros, reflects higher deposit NII and lower funding cost more than offsetting lower loan NII stemming from the continued deleveraging. Improving time deposit spread coupled with lower Eurosystem funding cost has resulted in an annualised benefit of 400 million from
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Primary surplus narrows to 2.4 bln in October as revenues miss target
Economyremains 356 million better than target. The overperformance is mainly attributed to lower primary... shortfall as well as lower Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance (by 708 million). The comparison with last year’s figures shows that the primary and budget surplus are lower by 7.1 and 8.8 percent
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Target revisions leave 880 mln budget shortfall in Oct despite 2.6 bln primary surplus
Economyin the 10-month period stems from both lower Public Investment Budget balance (by 587 million) and revenues (by 579 million) partially offset by lower expenditure (by 372 million). Revenues As already indicated... percent) mitigated by a rise in property taxes (up 17.3 percent). Lower income tax is most likely
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Greek loan rates remained well above euro area average in October
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the corporate sector for loans linked to lower amounts, interest rates recorded a slight drop by 5 bps to 6.01 percent for amounts lower than 250,000 euros and by 8 bps to 5.30 percent for amounts between 250,000... percent in October, similar to the levels posted in July. The combination of lower deposit and higher
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Greek current account balance turns negative in October after four month of surpluses
EconomyMacroeconomyby higher trade deficit (up by 908 million) and lower current transfers’ surplus (by 726 million... to 2.28 billion results from lower net interest payments. Furthermore, the decline in the current transfers’ surplus by 20 percent to 2.91 billion mainly derives from lower general government transfer
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Greek time deposit rate down to 1.88 pct in November, lowest since euro entry
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher than the average euro area rate. In the corporate sector for loans related to lower amounts, interest rates remained either stable (for amounts lower than 250,000 euros at 6.01 percent... bps recorded in October. Lower deposit and higher loan rates resulted in a decline of the average
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Bookies' odds against SYRIZA emerging with majority from Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsright power lower than it should be. Betting odds for GD and To Potami provided by Sportingbet stand... percent stand at 1.80 compared to 1.90 for a lower figure and the same odds are provided for To Potami but they refer to a slightly lower percentage of 6.25 percent. The percentage of KKE is seen
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Greek primary surplus shrinks by 1.7 bln in Dec as revenues miss 2014 target by 3.1 bln
Economymillion lower than the preliminary figure published on January 14. As already evident in the preliminary... better than target and PIB balance was 206 million lower than expected. Note, though, that revenue... by 0.9 percent to 6.59 billion, 208 million lower than target.
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Greek time deposit rate falls to 1.82 pct in Dec, lowest during euro membership
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the corporate sector for loans linked to lower amounts, the interest rates remained broadly stable at 5.97 percent (for amounts lower than 250,000 euros) and at 5.22 percent (for amounts between... in the eurozone in 2002. The lower deposit rate was more than offset by a higher drop in the loan rate leading
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