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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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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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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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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Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
Society, with newly unemployed people aged 29–55 years covered for a maximum of 2 years. Rapidly increasing... of major depression, from 3•3 percent in 2008 to 8•2 percent in 2011, with economic hardship being a major... from 28•2 percent in 2007 to 30.4 percent in 2011, and a growing number receive inadequate nutrition
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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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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece has to complete 12 “prior actions” to receive the next 2 billion euros of its bailout from.... The first set of prior actions are: 1) adoption of outdoor trade law 2) adoption of investment... the supplementary pension funds of the public sector into the private sector main pension fund (ETEA) 2) adoption
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National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
EconomyBanking) in Greece and Turkey. The domestic loan spread rose marginally by 2 basis points (bps) QoQ to 387 bps... repayments for the first time in 2014. Deposits rose by 2 percent to 66.9 billion euros. In the Greek market, deposits also grew by 2 percent QoQ reflecting an increase in customer deposits by 3
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Is there (sustainable) growth in Greece?
Agorabetween both countries totalled 9.3 billion dollars in 2013, mostly in gas, oil and food products.[2... a work in progress and is puzzling policymakers as well as analysts. As graph 2 illustrates...). [2] Russia accounts for roughly 25 percent of Greece’s peach production and approximately 50 percent
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