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  1. Greece completes first bond issue in three years, eyes more on way out of programme
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    Economy

    each, while Piraeus GGBs amounted to less than 400 million euros. The new bond coupon of 4.375 percent stands 0.325 percentage points lower than the respective coupon of 4.75 percent of the previous... with more than 550 orders from the investment community. Although the transactions are not fully

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  2. Newsletter 129 - 28/07/2017

    Newsletters

    further transactions should be expected by August 2018. somewhat better than expected”. Tsakalotos also... in 1.16 billion below target coupled with a higher-than-targeted Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance... attributed to a better than expected performance of direct taxes. Tax revenues beat target by 451 million

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  3. Overdue social security contributions increase 827 mln to 23.3 bln at end of Q2

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to over 800,000 at the end of Q2, a rise of more than 182,000 QoQ. The breakdown shows that nearly three quarters of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 2.17 billion... percent of total) owe more than 1 million each for a total amount of 6.53 billion. Though they represent

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  4. Budget primary surplus at 3.02 bln in July, above target by 926 mln on strong underspend
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 458 million, driven by lower than targeted tax revenues in other excise taxes (-9.8 percent... mainly from higher than expected indirect taxes which outperformed the target by 230 million. Direct... in the seven-month period, 376 million higher than the target. Overall, net revenues amounted to 26.25

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  5. Greek banks meet NPE reduction targets in Q2, write-offs remain primary source of reduction
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    EconomyBanking

    billion lower than the target of 103.4 billion. The NPE ratio stood at 50.6 percent in Q2, slightly higher than the anticipated level of 50 percent. This was driven by a lower than expected volume of total loans which translated into a higher than expected NPE ratio. The NPE coverage ratio edged down

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  6. Budget primary surplus at 3.55 bln in 8-month, below target on lower revenues, higher tax refunds
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of this year’s ENFIA property tax being set for September rather than August as initially planned... an underspend versus the target by 1.20 billion. The MoF said that the lower-than-expected expenditure... billion, 1.18 billion lower than the target. PIB PIB revenue stood at 125 million euros in August, 28

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  7. Birth rate rises by 1.1 pct in 2016 but remains under 100,000
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    Society

    place within a marriage with less than 9 percent taking place outside of wedlock, indicating... than girls were born (47,882 versus 45,016) in line with naturally occurring trends in societies... marriage rather than a religious ceremony, with 52 percent of couples choosing the former over the latter

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  8. Budget primary surplus at 4.5 bln in 9-month, below target on lower revenues, higher tax refunds
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rather than August as initially planned, plus higher tax refunds as mentioned above. Expenditure... an underspend versus the target by 1.62 billion. The MoF said that the lower-than-expected expenditure stemmed... lower than the target. PIB PIB revenue stood at 80 million euros in September, 119 million euros below

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  9. Trust in Greek banking system shaky, survey suggests
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    EconomyBanking

    about these resources being channelled into the shadow economy rather than the real economy, where... of Greek banks, their only source of liquidity as they bled more than 40 billion euros in deposits... transfers or cash withdrawals. This pushed banknotes in circulation to more than 50 billion euros in July

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  10. Overdue social security debt reaches 30.5 bln in Q3 on consolidation of debtors

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , with an increase of more than 385,000 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). It is noted that the incorporation... shows that nearly three quarters of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount..., an increase of more than 230,000 from the previous quarter. Around 11.3 percent of debtors owe

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