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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsissued shortly before MPs voted on the budget at close to 1 a.m. on Sunday. Its timing, even... of the release of the next bailout payment of 1 billion euros before the end of the year. Greece takes over the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency on January 1 and wanted discussions about
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Bank of Greece sees 0.5pct growth in 2014 but warns of political risks
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus of 1% of GDP for the first time in 2013, according to the Bank of Greece’s (BoG) interim report... to decline by 1 percentage point (pp) in 2014. The BoG stresses that the key risk lies with the political... recapitalisation last May, Greek banks’ Core Tier 1 ratio reached 10.7 percent. The findings of Blackrock loan
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Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1
Economy1 to 5 years and the remaining 12.9 percent a residual maturity of up to 1 year. Greece’s cash... (OSE) (6.06 billion) and Attiko Metro (2.2 billion) and 1 billion to extra budgetary funds
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Alpha Bank posts loss of 94.1 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingmillion euros, yet it eased 1 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ). The quarterly evolution reflects lower... by 650 million euros within Q1, mainly reflecting 1 billion outflows of sight and savings and 400...-forma (for the capital increase of 1.2 billion completed in April) Basel III Core Tier 1 (CET1) ratio
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomy. On the loan front, the most material change was posted in corporate loans above 1 million euros... to 6 percent. The average euro-area rate on corporate loans over 1 million euros stands almost 4... percentage points for amounts over 250,000 and up to 1 million euros. The rate in loans to sole
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IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammeclearance of 2.5 billion in 2015, which resulted in an increase of the debt-to-GDP ratio by 1... of alternative funding have decreased the projected 2020 debt ratio by 1 pp each. Debt sustainability... of expectations with revenues at just over 1 billion for 2013, short of the 1.6 billion target
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Sudden jump in unpaid taxes last month takes total to almost 70 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyfrom around 1 billion in the preceding two months, according to data provided by the General... that the first-half target of legacy debt collections of 1 billion set by the Ministry of Finance (MoF... to collect an additional 1 billion in the second half of 2014, which corresponds to 167 million per
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Greek public debt at 321.7 bln in Q3, average weighted maturity at 16.5 years
Economythe two EFSF tranches in July and August of 1 billion euros each, counterbalanced by payments of 1.86... to 1 year) and medium (1 to 5 years) term debt. Greece’s cash deposits contracted by almost 1.2
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Greek GDP up 0.7 pct in Q3 for third straight quarter of growth
EconomyMacroeconomysuccessive quarter by 3.1 percent accelerating from the 1 percent posted in Q2. In contrast, Q3... percent. Gross fixed capital formation posted a rise of 1.6 percent QoQ and 1 percent YoY in SA terms... increase to a modest 1 percent for 2014. Total exports rebounded QoQ for the third straight quarter
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Bank of Greece sees growth at 0.7 pct in 2014, NPLs up to 34.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomya slighter deterioration by more than 1 pp to 27.4 percent. For corporate NPLs (for loan amounts above 1 million euros) in particular, a BoG study showed that they are concentrated in a relatively... in the preceding two years, it improved by 1 pp to 50.5 percent at the end of June. BoG urged banks
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