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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agoracondition notes that the ECB will not buy more than 33 percent of the issuer’s debt and 33 percent... in Greek bonds, corresponding to more than 40 percent of total. Of this amount, 19.87 billion relate... remaining maturity of 2 years and a maximum of less than 31 years. This maturity range is applied
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Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
Agorathat it is a more reliable option than the flitty SYRIZA that took Greece to the edge of a euro exit... represent the country’s future, rather than its past. Then there are the defectors who formed Popular... air. So far there has been no indication that Popular Unity has any more coherent strategy than
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Greek stocks edge up, with banks rising for third straight week
Economyover the past two weeks, Greek shares are still more than 15 percent down since the beginning of August.... As a result, bank shares have lost more than 58 percent of their market value since the market.... During the two-day event more than 600 meetings were held between 150 fund managers and 28 Greek listed
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Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEvangelos Meimarakis was much livelier than a discussion involving seven party leaders last week... with it. Given that some polls show Meimarakis as being more popular than Tsipras, the SYRIZA leader... Democracy leader is taller than his SYRIZA counterpart. The final card played by Meimarakis after
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Assessing the health of Greek banks' loan portfolios
EconomyBankingdue for more than 90 days, the NPE perimeter also incorporates forborne and impaired loans. The NPE... (35.6 percent). As expected, the NPE coverage ratio stands lower than that of NPL at 44 percent. BoG... around 1 billion higher than the lowest reading of 775 million posted in 2013. Over the past 7.5
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Budget revenues rebound in August but shortfall remains at 4.2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy) as well as higher Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance (by 1.44 billion) more than offsetting... months (February, March and June), when expenses were 2.1 billion lower than target... better than target, also supported by shrinking military procurement at just 84 million, way below
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Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
Agoragripped the Greek public. Most voters are savvy enough to understand that SYRIZA is not “purer than... 2012 and 2014 as he held the institutional, rather than the political, role of parliamentary speaker... have been in government since late 2011 – more than one a year – while about 30 parties have been
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Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
PoliticsGreek Politicsof government could be formed. Margin of victory A small margin of victory (less than around 2... The winning part is expected to get no more than 33 percent of the vote and, therefore, less than 140
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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 50 prior actions, including overseeing the recapitalisation of Greek banks, to carry out... from the bailout-linked ministries, Tsipras appears to have made political choices rather than ones... political needs rather than improving the coalition’s governing capability.
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Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue
PoliticsForeign Policyrather than debt relief or attracting investment. Refugee crisis Tsipras mentioned the refugee crisis... by the fact that, according to IOM, less than 34,500 thousand people arrived in Greece by sea during the host of last year. This was less than one fifth of the total number of arrivals in Europe
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