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  1. Assessing the health of Greek banks' loan portfolios
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    EconomyBanking

    due 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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  2. 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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  3. Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of 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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  4. Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    more 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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  5. Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    rather 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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  6. Where we stand in the Greek bank recapitalisation process
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    Economy

    then, the better than expected GDP growth for the second quarter and the stronger than anticipated tourism... and, according to the August Eurogroup statement, “no later than 15 November”. Since capital needs

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  7. Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus

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    arrived in 2014 but already this year there have been more than 400,000 arrivals. On Friday, IOM.... Housing, feeding and keeping people warm carries a much higher cost than scanning their fingerprints.... In this sense, the migration crisis may prove a greater challenge than the economic one for Tsipras

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  8. Greek stocks post weekly rise of 5.6 pct, with banks rebounding strongly

    Economy

    than 20 percent in each of the preceding two weeks. In contrast to the prevailing sentiment after... shares are down by more than 15 percent. Bank shares rebounded by 31 percent this week mainly.... Despite the outperformance they are still down by more than 68 percent in the post-capital controls period

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  9. Tax arrears jump to 1.47 bln in Sept as total for year reaches 8.39 bln

    Economy

    Greece’s new unpaid taxes rose by 1.47 billion in September, which is more than the double the 645... to 80 percent of the annual target of 1.7 billion euros. This suggests a slightly better-than-target... revenue figure reached 282.3 million, corresponding to more than 76 percent of the annual target

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  10. Latest EU plan to tackle refugee crises poses new, bigger challenges for Tsipras

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , particularly Aegean islands, which have seen more than 500,000 arrivals by sea this year... Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas argued that this was a much better outcome than other... private apartments or homes, for 30,000 refugees. This is a much higher number than the migrants

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