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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
with the institutions as the balance of power lies with the International Monetary Fund and the German government... on April 19, is due to be discussed in plenary over the weekend and voted on Sunday night, earlier than... and responsive than central governments, which face bureaucratic hurdles and are often hampered by political
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Q2 GDP rebounds 0.2 pct QoQ but shrinks 0.9 pct YoY amid consumption drop and investment rise
EconomyMacroeconomyis slightly lower than the 0.3 percent QoQ rebound reported in the flash estimates released on August 12. ELSTAT said that the difference relates to the June balance of payments as well as quarterly... for Q2 is lower than the -0.7 percent published in flash estimates. GDP at current prices rebounded
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ELSTAT revises 2015 primary surplus downward to 0.15 pct of GDP, slightly ups debt
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed that the general government primary balance for 2015, according to the European System... million lower than the April figure of 1.1 billion (0.63 percent of GDP). According to ELSTAT... lower than the April estimate. Even after the downward revision by almost 0.5 percentage points
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agora, distrust, increased divergence, social and political cleavages, inability to fairly balance national... is at stake is much more than the EU itself: it is the danger of a regressive and illiberal Europe – a Europe... and challenge more than ‘just’ the European Union. If polarisation cannot be halted and the insecurities
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
AgoraKoumoutsakos said the wise thing would be to wait to see Trump’s policies rather than react to his... impact from Trump’s astounding victory will come is in how it could tip the political balance within..., with a sense of abandon rather than fear, “if it can happen in America, then why not here
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Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016
for Greece and a relaxation of austerity would have any greater impact than boosting morale in the Greek... on Thursday. Athens, though, did not give up its hope that it may be able to push for something more than... outperformance by more than 800 million for the second straight month. The primary surplus for the 10-month
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Eurosystem funding drops by 3.3 bln in Nov for 17th straight monthly fall
EconomyMacroeconomyon Tuesday. This was the 17th successive drop leading the Eurosystem funding balance down to 68.49.... Overall, Eurosystem funding has been cut by more than 58 billion in the last seventeen months, also... than that in mid-August 2015. Following the higher decline in ECB compared to ELA funding
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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agorafor a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public... needed to bailout the eurozone countries, with Athens taking up almost 250 billion euros (more than... with them than about what the future holds. Surveying the current lay of the land, one sees
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Q4 GDP contracts 1.2 pct QoQ, leading to recession of 0.1 pct for 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyis worse than the 0.4 percent contraction posted in the flash estimates released on February 14... relates to the December balance of payments as well as quarterly unemployment and turnover indices... of 2 percent in Q3, which also reflected a low base effect. The Q4 figure is also worse than the flash
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Piraeus Bank posts minor losses in Q4, almost breaking even for 2016
EconomyBanking, the NPL stock declined further by more than 1 billion QoQ to 24.38 billion in Q4 from 25.35... was more than offset by loan deleveraging and further pressure on loan spreads. For the whole year, NII... loans) fell to 1.9 percent in 2016 and is seen close to 1.75 percent for 2017. Balance Sheet
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