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Benefits of investment grade starting to become visible
Economya fiscal benefit as the bilateral loans have variable rates and have become costly. The positive... buffer is ESM funding that is only for specific purposes under certain conditions. One option being explored is to use the cheap ESM funding for the repayment of a good chunk of the GLF loans, currently
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Prospect of US involvement jump-starts Greece-Cyprus power link
PoliticsGreek Politicsemanating from the bilateral meetings that Greece and Cyprus plan to press for greater alignment... of direct involvement by the US in funding infrastructure development. Reports say the prospect..., is behind the proposed change of terms for the project, which faces a funding shortfall in the region
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Fitch leaves rating at 'BBB' and outlook unchanged, sees strong fiscal performance
EconomyMacroeconomyreserves allow Greece to cover debt maturities for the next three years and repay bilateral debt early... of RRF funding. Over the medium term, the agency expects gradual convergence with eurozone income..., cleaning up balance sheets, improving capital positions, and maintaining stable deposit funding
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title of saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomybeaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomyand means that the primary surplus target was beaten by 1.48 billion euros. The fiscal performance
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politics(with 4.68 percent it was beaten by Independent Greeks into seventh place among the seven parties
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