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Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
EconomyProgrammeon capital needs? On February 20, the BoG unexpectedly informed the management of the top four Greek... that the IMF has estimated capital needs at 20 billion euros, almost four times larger than
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Building activity nosedived for the fourth straight year, down 27.6 pct in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2014. Positive news flow for the wider construction sector derives from the resumption of the four.... The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks estimates that the resumption of work in the four
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The Greek crisis we don’t see
Agorabills. Unemployment Unemployment is the biggest concern in Greece at the moment. Over the past four... worth considering that roughly one in four Greek workers do not receive their wages on time, some
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingthe Blackrock diagnostic exercise and disclosed in early March. The EGM approval came four months... was below the BoG threshold of 9 percent. The four-month delay is attributed to several setbacks related
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In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
Agora. Having applied unsuccessfully for four jobs (two of them were internships) in which more than 300 people... or four languages, excellent qualifications and previous work experience,” she adds. Since
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Q1 GDP contracts 1.1 pct as Greece eyes growth in 2014
EconomyMacroeconomysuccessive quarter. The four-quarter trailing GDP also exhibits a consistently decelerating trend... at the main Greek airports soared 30.1 percent in the four-month period, while pre-bookings for summer
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agorathe troika’s cosh for exactly four years. The most devastating cost has been the loss of 1 million jobs... in the rate of unemployment, what is known as Okun’s law. Over the last four years, Greece shifted from
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding at lowest since Jan 2010; ELA also wiped out
EconomyMacroeconomybanks to issue senior unsecured debt after four years. Piraeus’s transaction was a 3-year note... remained broadly unchanged in the first four months of the year at 49 billion. An ECB decision
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Alpha Bank acquires Citigroup's retail banking unit in Greece
EconomyBankingeuros with 3.5 percent yield to maturity. The bank said the transaction was four times... markets after four years. On March 18, Piraeus Bank issued a 3-year note of 500 million euros
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyover the last four years. The non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) wages index continued heading south... four years, slightly higher than the 24.8 percent of the seasonally adjusted figure. ELSTAT figures
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