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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsand IMF officials struck an unofficial bargain on an extra package of about 3 billion euros in contingent
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Greek 2015 primary surplus at 0.7 of GDP under programme method as Athens looks for boost
EconomyMacroeconomylenders that there is no urgent need to agree and legislate an extra package of some 3 billion euros
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Compromise emerges on liberalisation of NPL market
EconomyProgrammeBeyond the convergence between Greece and its lenders on the basic package of austerity measures worth 3 percent of GDP, the government and the institutions appear to have clinched an agreement on the sale of non-performing loan (NPLs). A moratorium has reportedly been agreed on the sale of primary
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Retail sales down 7.3 pct in Feb for highest drop since July 2015
EconomyMacroeconomy. ELSTAT figures also showed that the seasonally adjusted retail sales and volume fell by 2.4 and 3
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EC expects milder recession of 0.3 pct in 2016, sees debt to GDP at 178.8 pct in 2017
Economythat additional savings of 3 percent of GDP by 2018 are envisaged by the Greek government to reach the primary
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Corporate lending rates fell in March, time deposit rate slightly down to a new low of 0.88 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek households’ new time deposit rate eased for the third straight month, albeit modestly, by 3 basis points (bps) to 0.88 percent in March, Bank of Greece (BoG) data displayed on Wednesday. The headline figure indicates a new low for time deposit rates since 2002. Since the imposition of capital
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Alpha, Eurobank sign agreement with KKR for management of NPLs
EconomyBankingcore banks increased by 3 billion euros to 85.1 billion at the end of December. This corresponds
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of last July and has been repeatedly identified
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Tsipras, against all odds
Agora, signing a third bailout and then proceeding to adopt 3 percent of GDP in new austerity measures
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Central government debt edges down to 321 bln in Q1
Economy, another 3 billion relate to guarantees to non-gg public corporations, with the bulk (2.03 billion
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