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  1. Greek banks meet NPE and NPL reduction targets in Q4 2016, mostly on write-offs
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    EconomyBanking

    was reduced to 104.8 billion, a billion lower than target of 105.8 billion, while the NPL pile stood... portfolio. In contrast, the default rate was lower than the cure rate in residential loans. The key

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  2. IMF revises fiscal estimates upward, sees debt ratio at 162.8 pct in 2022
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , the Fund estimates a lower primary surplus of 1.5 percent of GDP from 2019 onwards. This means that IMF... for 2018, when the debt ratio is estimated at 170.6 percent - almost 11 percentage points lower than

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  3. Current account deficit expands to 937 million in Feb
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    surplus reflects lower taxes and subsidies on products and production, while the improvement.... Lower C/A deficit stems from an improvement in the travel surplus coupled with higher primary

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  4. Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
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    EconomyProgramme

    (0.2 percent of GDP) and redesign of the single property tax entailing lower revenues (0.1 percent.... It is worth noting that if the counter measures are implemented, the final tax burden would be lower due

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  5. General govt primary cash surplus falls to 1.2 bln in Q1, arrears edge down to 5.05 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and hospitals by 273 and 168 million respectively. Lower rises have been recorded in local governments... at 56.52 billion at the end of March. Lower guarantees reflect a drop in bank support guarantees by 700

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  6. Greece eyes first bond issue since 2014 to smooth out volatile relationship with markets
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    EconomyFeatures

    lower of the 5-percent mark from the level of around 7 percent in mid-January, the Bank of Greece... prices, while the execution of future bond transactions would drive GGB yields even lower, the BoG

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  7. EC lowers growth forecasts, sees fiscal targets within reach
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    tax on tobacco as of the beginning of 2017. At the same time, lower primary expenditure mostly... “considerable upside risks”. Potential downside risks involve lower yield of fiscal reforms due

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  8. Newsletter 119 - 19/05/2017

    Newsletters

    billion, mitigated by lower Public Investment Budget (PIB) revenues by 538 million and higher primary... refunds) outperformed the target by 542 million, but lower privatisation revenues and higher tax refunds

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  9. Newsletter 123 - 16/06/2017

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    with lower ECB funding by 819 million. Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 9.69 billion since... underspend. Primary expenditure came in 791 million lower than target. Gross revenues (revenues

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  10. Greeks underwhelmed by deal with lenders, stressing uphill task for Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . “Because we think that fiscal space is necessary, the lower primary surplus target is necessary to create and to be used to support growth, to support investment, capital spending, lower tax rates

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