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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the cost of living and the economy dominating much of the public debate in the run-up to next week’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after ...
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyLast week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...
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S&P leaves Greece's 'BBB' rating unchanged, hints at slower pace of upgrades
EconomyS&P on Friday reaffirmed Greece’s sovereign credit rating at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, citing confidence in the country’s fiscal discipline, solid economic growth, and an improving banking sector. In April, S&P was among the agencies that advanced Gr...
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Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer PM Alexis Tsipras took a significant step towards forming a new political party with a public speech on Monday, in which he hinted at a June launch. Tsipras addressed an audience at a gathering organised by a northern Athens citizens' initiative ...
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Bank of Greece sees growth at 0.7 pct in 2014, NPLs up to 34.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy(NPL) ratio rose to 34.1 percent at the end of June from 31.9 percent at the end of 2013 indicating a slight slowdown in the NPL formation within the first half of the year. The NPL breakdown by sector displayed consumer credit and corporate NPL ratio increased by almost 3 percentage points (pp) from
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Management of NPLs to test gov't in negotiations with lenders
Economyto reach an accord with the institutions on a non-performing loan (NPL) strategy. This is among... for non-bank NPL service providers and for loans to be transferred from the beginning of 2016... of the first programme review. Among the other topics including in the NPL prior actions, we highlight: 1
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Deadline for liberalisation of household and SME NPLs looms closer
Economyprogramme review is the full liberalisation of the non-performing loan (NPL) market. Although... for the disbursement of the last sub-tranche of 1 billion euros. Until February 15 only NPL sales of large... and regulation of non-bank NPL services providers. These entities must be based in Greece or in the EU
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Eurobank reports loss in Q4 and for 2015, management expects bank to turn profitable in 2016
EconomyBankingloan (NPL) ratio edged up to 35.2 percent in Q4 from 35 percent in Q3 with the NPL formation... NPL formation notably fell, while that for mortgages remained stable QoQ. The NPL coverage ratio was kept almost unchanged at 64.8 percent. The management noted that the NPL formation in the first two
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Loss-making Q4 and 2015 for Alpha, targets positive bottom-line in 2016
EconomyBanking, while 0.3 billion stem from the coverage increase. The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio edged up.... The NPL formation more than halved to 214 million in Q4 from 520 million in Q3. At the same time, the NPL coverage ratio was further upped to 69 percent in Q4 from 67 percent in Q3 and remains
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