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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
expectations were significantly tempered by statements from ECB officials over the last few weeks
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Banks wrap up balance sheet transactions for 2021 on path to slashing NPEs
EconomyBankingIn the closing weeks of the year, Greek systemic banks have maintained their efforts to tidy up their balance sheets and execute on their business plans, which foresee them reaching single digit NPEs by the end of next year. Following agreements reached earlier in autumn, Alpha Bank last week
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New Omicron measures met with exasperation by business and scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpert committee on the pandemic. From January 3 and for at least two weeks, there is to be a midnight
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Covid dominates start of 2022 but PM looks ahead to growth
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe new year begins much like the previous one in political terms as Covid is again the dominant issue that the government has to address over the coming weeks. Coming on the back of growing criticism about New Democracy’s handling of the pandemic, the arrival of the Omicron variant in Greece has
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Govt readies targeted support for energy bills in bid to contain cost of living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a few weeks”, adding that “what we can do is support households”. Opposition SYRIZA has also been
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Govt opts to reopen schools on time, drawing opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics, and the apparently milder impact of Omicron on people’s health, will help it ride out the coming weeks
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
of Omicron on people’s health, will help it ride out the coming weeks as far as infections among
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Govt offers more energy subsidies in Jan to cushion impact of high prices
PoliticsGreek Politicsis likely to resurface in the coming weeks and months.
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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
EconomyFitch got the schedule of rating reviews in the new year underway with an upgrade of Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, while it reaffirmed the rating at ‘BB’. Fitch was the first agency to upgrade Greece’s rating to ‘BB’ back in January 2020, just weeks before the pandemic broke and has
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
of the pressure on Greek yields. However, they continued to climb in the following weeks, leading to a yield
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