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Q2 GDP moderates further to 1.7 pct YoY as households spending slows
EconomyMacroeconomytaken H1 growth to just under 2 percent, which suggests stronger growth will be needed in H2... by 0.8 percent and services were down by 2 percent. Compared to Q2 2024, final consumption... in April, the IMF sees growth of 2 pct in 2025. In its latest economic outlook this month, the OECD
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economyfiscal consolidation effort worth over 4 billion euros, or 2 percent of GDP. Following Asmussen’s comment, reports in the Greek media suggested that additional fiscal measures of between 2 and 3... promising there would be no new austerity measures in 2014, to find another 2 to 3 billion euros of savings
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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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Agorait grounded. Last week’s suggestion that Athens would have to find about 2 billion euros more... about 4 billion euros, or 2 percent of GDP, of measures and Samaras knows that convincing Greeks more... spending has been reduced to a drip feed. While there is still waste that can be addressed, finding 2
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsand International Monetary Fund, who are reportedly demanding an extra 2 billion euros in cuts next year... weeks have claimed that the troika wants another 2 billion euros to be found in 2014 but Greek media... eurocrats and troika whisperers, however, talk of €2 billion for 2014 budget. #Greece — Juergen Baetz
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agoraconstraints and new credit transmission channels As graph 2 (below) underlines, the total volume..., the Bank of Greece and the Ministry of Finance.[2] The internal bad bank model for Greek institutions... Criticising NAMA’, August 27th 2009. [2] Kontogiannis, Dimitris, ‘Bad Bank Model Gains Ground in Greece
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After Q3 results, what next for Greek banks?
Agoraof circa 2 billion euros through a marketed equity offering with HFSF (controlling 95.2 percent... years with a 2 percent step-up after the 5-year period should preference shares have not been redeemed... exercise, due on December 10 for Alpha, December 26 for National and January 2 for Piraeus
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agorain 2010 Greek sovereign debt was primarily held by German[2], French, Italian, Swiss and Japanese... today reach approximately 380 billion euro and correspond to a debt-to-GDP ratio of 208 percent! 2... and Gulati, Mitu: ‘The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy’, July 2013. [2] Some inconvenient truths
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economyreducing capital needs by 2 billion - the clarification on the inclusion of the capital boost... of 2 billion with press reports noting that 1-1.5 billion could be raised by an anchor investor... or other capital enhancement measures over the next 2 or 3 years without using the backstop facility
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingafter the bank announced in mid-November plans to initiate a capital increase of circa 2 billion... of these shares stands at high levels (10 percent with a 2 percentage point step-up every year after 2014... increase north of 2 billion euros, most likely including the cancellation of pre-emptive rights
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Greek Tourism Association sees tourist arrivals rising to 19 mln for 2014
EconomyMacroeconomythis summer will be August 2, when 760 flights carrying 148,675 visitors are scheduled to land in Greece... visits from Russia and Ukraine, which account for 15 and 2 percent of total and contribute 13 and 2
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