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Greece's primary surplus: Much ado about nothing?
Agoraof the primary surplus excludes the one-off bank support costs. The latter stood at 19.72 billion (10.8
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21,717,120,000
Agorawith the deutschmark would have looked. For a good example, one should instead look to Switzerland... from the euro mess. Four years on, its treasury is actually better off and has been a net
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New Democracy and SYRIZA neck and neck for EP vote but PASOK adrift
PoliticsGreek Politicspopularity and looks unable to shake this off. The fact that PASOK leader and Deputy Prime Minister... voters and one that PASOK cannot compete with. There is, however, an important caveat to any pre
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Greek elections as seen (or imagined) from Berlin
Agora. On the one hand, support for numerous independent candidates illustrated a vibrant desire among large parts..., throwing established modus operandi off balance. Cables from Athens to Berlin are likely to focus
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicssustainability have been put off. One of the reasons is that the government’s aggregate vote came
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National Bank starts 2014 posting net profit of 181 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingone-off items mainly related to deferred tax asset, the bank posted operating profit (before tax
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Piraeus Bank reports loss of 247 mln for Q1
EconomyBankingof several one-off items and impairments on other assets. It is noteworthy that the bank consolidated
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HFSF 2013 annual report unveils accumulated losses of 15.1 bln and potential recovery value of 34.4 bln
EconomyBankingfrom 665.8 million in 2012, mainly reflecting the one-off presubscription fee of 555.6 million paid
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
EconomyOne day after the completion of the troika’s discussions with the Greek authorities, ahead of the next review due in the second half of September, local media indicate that a European Court... the 600 million euros would result in a fiscal gap or if it could be set off against EU funds. Both
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomythat this year’s primary expenses incorporate one-off items of 483 million stemming from the payment
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