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First Greek presidential vote to set tempo for final ballot on Dec 29
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of the presidential ballot on Wednesday evening (7 p.m. Greek time) is unlikely to provide any clear indications about whether the current Greek Parliament will manage to elect a new... Greek deputies are considering voting for the president in the final ballot. As things stand
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Greek stocks, bond yields feel impact of Parliament's failure to elect president
EconomyThe Greek stock market fell 3.91 percent on Monday following a volatile session in the aftermath... on bond markets, where the Greek government bond yields continuing heading north. The most...) on the day. This underlined the higher risk in the shorter maturities of the Greek bond yield curve
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Contraction in Greek credit eases slightly to 3 percent in November
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of drop in Greek bank credit decelerated for the second straight month in November... in the Greek market since the beginning of 2011 on cumulative net deductions in excess of 33 billion... with the troika is not clinched by the end of February than Greek banks may be forced to cover the state’s
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Greek deposits almost unchanged at 164.3 bln in November
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek private sector deposits dropped for the second successive month in November, edging down... to just a fraction of the 89 billion deposits that had been withdrawn from Greek banks until... for banks’ liquidity. Despite the limited inflows in 2014, Greek banks have reduced their Eurosystem
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What is SYRIZA planning to do with Greek banks?
Economycore Greek banks. It controls 66.24 percent in Alpha, 57.24 percent in National (NBG) and 66.93... the settlement of bad loans. This indirectly means that Greek banks would probably need to be further... that “we will safeguard the banking system within the ECB framework and guarantee the deposits of Greek
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Greek CPI dives 2.6 pct in December as deflation deepens to 1.3 pct in 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of decline in Greek consumer price index (CPI) accelerated to 2.6 percent in December from... exceeded the Greek government and troika updated estimates for a CPI drop of 0.8 to 1 percent for 2014... and 0.3 percent in 2015 and 2016 respectively. In contrast, the troika institutions and the Greek
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First signs from new Greek government point to awkward meetings with lenders
EconomyProgrammeThe first signs of the new Greek government intentions on the economic front were already indicated... for the benefit of the Greek citizens. In a similar tone, the Production Reconstruction, Environment... of the remaining 34 percent stake to the Greek state. Five firms had submitted expressions of interest
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek government voiced its objections on Tuesday after a European Council statement called on EU... entirely good. New Greek FM in distinctly dubious company. We’ll see what it means. https://t.co... to exercise influence over the government. The first indications are that the new Greek government
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Key players in new Greek gov't strike moderate tone but bailout strategy won't change
PoliticsGreek Politics, the SYRIZA-led coalition saw the Greek stock market tumble by 9.24 percent on Wednesday. Bank shares fell... with shareholders about the way forward for the banks and the Greek economy. He said that any... that there was no intention from the Greek side to turn its relationship with lenders into a “Wild
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Greek shares rebound after calming comments from PM and finance minister
EconomyThe Greek stock market rebounded by 4.64 percent on Monday following a drop of 1.6 percent... Bloomberg on Saturday and the more measured statements by the Greek Finance Minister Yanis... stocks, Greek government bonds (GGB) yields continued heading north on Monday. The 3-year GGB yield rose
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