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Greek 2016 draft budget contains 6.4 bln in new fiscal measures, sees recession ahead
EconomyMacroeconomyon investments, consumption and domestic tourism. Despite GDP growth of 1 percent in the first half of the year..., investments are anticipated to rebound by 4.5 percent, exports to decrease at a slower pace by 1 percent... relate to: Expenditure and cost savings (2.39 billion – 37.5 percent of total) 1) Increase in health care
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Banks' trading updates show slight improvement in core pre-provision income, deceleration in NPL formation
Economyincome by 1 percent QoQ to 597 million. After a drop in Q1, expenses headed north in Q2 increasing by 1...) to 275 million. Gross loans slipped by around 1 percent QoQ to 70 billion in Q2, whilst deposits... that due to the improved liquidity conditions in Q3, Eurosystem funding slipped by around 1 billion
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Greek banks' capital actions underway, state aid seen as low as 4.7 bln
Economy(1:50) since its current market price of 0.064 euros per share is way below the minimum price of 0.30... split (1:100). NBG NBG initially announced it would seek to raise 1.6 billion from the non-preemptive... today is also due to approve a reverse split (1:15). Piraeus Following the LME outcome of around 600
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
percent of GDP in 2015 and around 1 percent in 2016. In mid-July, the government legislated... percentage points. Other reports indicated higher SSC increases of 1–1.5 percentage points for employers and 0.5–1 percent point for employees. These measures may be part of the first programme review
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Greece gets tranche and looks ahead to next tasks, including pensions and NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof 1 billion. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that the pension reform has been moved... percent of GDP in 2015 and around 1 percent in 2016. Almost half of cost savings for 2016 have been...) for employers by up to 1 percentage point. At the same time an overhaul of the pension system has
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Where things stand on the Greek pension reform proposals
EconomyProgrammechanges that were included in the proposed pension system overhaul included: 1) Consolidation... for a 3-year period by a total of 1.5 percentage points (pp), 1 pp for employers and 0.5 pp for employees... 600 million euros required for achieving the agreed pension cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8
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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammecontributions for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage points (pp), 1 pp for employers and 0.5... in contributions e.g. for 1 pp in total. This means that the government has to consider alternative measures... by 1.13 billion, there are several items worth around 1 billion (0.6 percent of GDP) in the 2016 budget
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammepercent or around 1 billion euros, mostly related to measures that are incorporated in the 2016 budget but have not been either legislated or implemented. These interventions relate to: 1) Imposition... measures. Also, Greece has to identify measures yielding a total of 1 percent of GDP (0.75 percent coming
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This is how things stand as bailout talks head for a brief pause
EconomyProgramme1 percent of GDP. On pensions, on top of the measures already implemented last summer, which are meant to yield 0.5 percent of GDP, an additional 1 percent is required for the next years. Half... for farmers and the self-employed. Tax Tax measures, which are expected to yield 1 percent of GDP
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Pension and income tax reform bill sets out 4.4 bln in new measures
EconomyProgrammeof the proposed measures. The government aims to collect additional annual revenues of 1.7 billion euros (1... and around 640 million to incremental revenues. Cost savings 1) Elimination of the solidarity grant... Additional revenues 1) Rise in contributions for supplementary pensions by 1 percentage point – 362
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