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First bond of 2022 attracts fewer offers, more than double last year's yield at 1.83 pct
Economyeuros, with a coupon of 1.75 pct and a final reoffer yield of 1.836 pct, with 140 basis points over... euros with a final reoffer yield of 1.836 pct. The issue was 5x oversubscribed. The transaction had... a reoffer yield of just 0.807 pct and spread of the German DBR of 135.5 bps. The issue had also attracted
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Podcast - Riding into the danger zone: Greece gets new jets
AgoraGreece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale plane...
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agorathey see as Beijing’s incremental slide into European territory. Heated debates on Huawei... or the telecoms sector, as the dispute over 5G and Huawei shows. Lastly, the million-dollar question
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The quarterly national accounts from the income side
AgoraEuro zone countries. We plot the moving four-quarter average of the ratio of income components... in Greece as compared with the euro-zone partners. The wage share has been around 34 percent in Greece (but growing) and around 48 percent (relatively stable) in the average euro-zone country. Operating
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
Vaccines turn political PM announces compulsory jabs for some, prompting first major anti-vax protest Amid concerns about an approaching fourth Covid wave hitting Greece this summer, the government announced the start of compulsory vaccinations this wee...
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agorawas initiated in 2010 and lasted for the entire second decade of Greece’s membership in the euro zone... (which includes the euro zone), and the euro area as a specific sub-group. Greece trades a lot inside the euro zone, and it constitutes the natural political partnership for Greece, so doing well within
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Montenegro's vaccination adventure: Lord, bless us with good health
Agorapace is the previous Minister of Health, Kenan Hrapović, because, as she claims, among other things
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Newest Greek market foray for 10-yr bond breaks two records
EconomyMacroeconomymarket. Greece issued a 3.5 billion euro bond with a coupon of 0.75 pct and a reoffer price of 99.44, implying a reoffer yield of 0.807 pct and a spread of 135.3 basis points over the German DBR 0 pct
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Added layer of complexity to Greek-Turkish relations in wake of failed coup
PoliticsForeign Policyregarding increased security for the Turkish embassy and its staff in the wake of the failed coup. The group, known for storming public buildings, threw red paint at the Turkish Embassy in Athens on July 26... in the attack on the Turkish Embassy. Perhaps of more concern to the government is the fact that the anarchists
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Athens in dispute with Spanish ambassador over Catalonia stance
PoliticsForeign Policytheir way into the Spanish Embassy. The Ambassador hinted that despite a demarche over this “serious... sentenced the members of Rubicon who broke into the Spanish Embassy to six months in prison.” It also accused the Spanish diplomat of double standards, noting that “By contrast, the 2011 Embassy break
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