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The key points in Greece's new bank recap bill
Economythan 50 percent of capital increase, then HFSF will have restricted voting rights. A subsequent... shareholders will be determined via a book building process and cannot be lower than the price of HFSF’s participation. In addition the issue price of the capital increases may be lower than market
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Sharp increase for Greek bank provisions in Q2 due to capital shortfall highlighted by ECB
EconomyBanking, which is slightly lower than that recorded in Q2 (293.9 million) and Q1 (296 million). Net interest... cost more than offsetting the increased wholesale funding cost, particularly in Q2, due to the higher... of 1.84 billion euros in Q2, which is more than four times above the Q1 figure of 455 million on the back
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Greek economy surprises in Q3, eases by a marginal 0.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomythe first negative reading since Q4 2014 and markedly better than market polls indicated. ELSTAT said.... The drop in Q3 was the first negative reading since Q1 2014. The drop rate in Q3 is also much better than... decreased 1.8 percent after increasing by 0.4 percent in Q2. Following the better-than-expected Q3
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgrammeimpact on Kino revenues could reach 10-25 percent, resulting in lower than anticipated revenues... income which is 70 percent higher than those in the first tier. In absolute terms this corresponds... is lower than the price upon the purchase of the property. Other items The omnibus bill also sets
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General gov't primary cash surplus widens notably to 4.84 bln by October
EconomyMacroeconomy. The state budget primary surplus more than doubled to 4.45 billion euros in the 10-month period, from 2... revenues fell 8.3 percent to 27.74 billion euros, more than offsetting a cut in expenditure by 6.2..., and account for more than 10 percent of total. The remaining arrears relate to local governments
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Regling and Wieser: The key points
Agoramore money than the IMF could do, with much better terms: longer maturities and much lower interest.... When you look at the fiscal deficit, it was higher in Greece than in Ireland and Portugal. When you... weaker than we thought. What needed to be fixed took longer because the implementation capacity
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Addressing some misconceptions about Greek budget revenues and unpaid taxes
Agorasimilar, pointing to another year of weaker than anticipated revenue collection. However, a closer look.... Of this, 46.6 billion- or more than 60 percent - had been created over the previous five years. Based on the same figures, more than 3.7 million taxpayers (3.33 million of which were individuals) owed less
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Q4 GDP contracts 0.6 pct QoQ, recession of 0.7 pct in 2015
EconomyMacroeconomy, which was downward revised. The YoY GDP contraction in Q4 was deeper than market polls estimating... to the persisting deflation of 1.7 percent in 2015. The real GDP contraction in 2015 is higher than... for a 2.3 percent recession, is largely attributed to better than expected private consumption and tourism
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Mapping the views of the Greeks
Societythan those who define themselves as “leftists”. Amounting to 17 to 20 percent of the population... has offered more to the EU than it has received from it, which the authors believe indirectly implies... wary of terms like “capitalism” and “shares”, only a very small minority (less than 6 percent
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Coalition hopes to ride out pension and tax dispute with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat at the moment around 85 percent of farmers declare incomes of less than 5,000 euros, meaning... the coalition may have a little more leeway timewise than the farmers. The other factor on the government’s... low incomes, with only 4 percent saying they earned more than 10,000 euros in 2014, has been widely
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