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Banks gear up for 2020 stress tests as evaluation begins
EconomyBankingThe European Central Bank (ECB) announced last Friday the beginning of the stress test process for 2020, an EU-wide exercise that will be led by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and will examine 35 significant euro area banks, which are directly supervised by the ECB and cover 70 percent
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Greek banks eye positive market appetite for bad loan sales
EconomyBankingAhead of the EU’s stress tests and improving sentiment, Greece’s banks have begun making further inroads into their plans for reducing bad loans on their books. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced last Friday the beginning of the stress test process for 2020, an EU-wide exercise
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General govt primary cash surplus at 9.45 bln in Dec, arrears fall by 195 mln
EconomyMacroeconomysecurity funds (26 percent). Debt Central government gross debt rose by 3.75 billion euros month
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced last Friday the beginning of the stress test process for 2020 which
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Athens takes heart from Gentiloni, Lagarde comments but still has distance to cover
EconomyMacroeconomyincluded in the ECB’s programme of asset purchases, the central bank president agreed that the economic
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Rise of exports slowed in 2019, with goods suffering dip
EconomyFeaturescomposition of Greek exports remains an issue according to BoG. The central bank's analysis showed
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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Yiannis Dragasakis and is due to be discussed at a meeting of the party’s central committee
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Hotel industry sees investment in high-end units, but hampered by seasonality
EconomyFeaturesAegean region, followed by Crete (16 percent) and central Macedonia (12 percent). Investments
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Primary cash surplus at 132 mln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance recorded a surplus of 132 million euros in January according to figures released by the Bank of Greece (BoG). The cash balance for the same time last year, excluding the financing of the cash buffer, showed a surplus of 785 million euros. The overall
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Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020
in the form of releasing central bank profits from the SMP and ANFA holdings twice a year. The Commission
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