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  1. Parliament will not probe 2015 bailout negotiations but issue unlikely to disappear
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    inquiry into last year’s protracted negotiations between the SYRIZA-led coalition and Greece’s lenders... the motion (brought by the conservative party) for MPs to investigate last year’s events. A total of 96... the government’s motives and competence during last year’s negotiations. It is an issue that Mitsotakis has

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  2. A closer look at the composition of Greece's bad loans
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    EconomyBanking

    percent at the end of 2015 from 39.9 percent in the previous year with the absolute figure climbing to 108 billion euros from 99 billion in 2014. At the end of last year, 54.7 percent of consumer loans... percent a year ago. However, the ratio of performing exposures, which are past due less than 90 days, over

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  3. HFSF records losses of 578 mln in Q1 on negative revaluation of bank holdings
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    EconomyBanking

    billion a year ago. This year’s bottom line was dragged by valuation losses of 579.26 million euros... by 68.1 percent to 2.96 million euros from 9.29 million last year, mostly in the absence of income... remuneration of 47,610 euros (from zero last year) and soaring advisors’ fees to 188,978 euros from just

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  4. Economic sentiment falls to 91.4 pts in September, consumer confidence notably rebounds
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    points year to date. Consumer confidence resumed an upward trend for the first time since June, notably... since the end of last year. Three of the other four indicators retreated in September. In specific... months. However, it still records gains of 7.4 points year to date. The services confidence indicator

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  5. Greek stocks drop 1.5 pct during week, banks post losses of 7.7 pct
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    Economy

    general index landed at 565.53 with monthly losses at 2.1 percent. Since the beginning of the year... year to date. The biggest gains this week were recorded by Mytilineos (+6.1 percent), Hellenic... euros in the first half (H1) of the year compared to 7.6 million in the corresponding period last year

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  6. Stournaras outlines conditions for strong 2017 growth, calls for debt relief measures soon
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    will start recovering in the second half of this year. Stournaras said that GDP is expected to contract 0.3 percent this year and strongly rebound by 2.5 percent in 2017 and further by 3 percent in 2018. His... next year will stem from an increase in private consumption by 1.6 percent, a 10.8 percent increase

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  7. Net job hirings of 7,788 in September; highest 9-month figure since 2001

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the net departures of 13,003 in the corresponding period last year, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system showed on Wednesday. This year’s figure is the third highest reading... employment made up 38.9 percent of hirings, which is by far the lowest reading so far this year. However

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  8. Current account surplus narrows to 1.82 bln in August
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    euros in August, down from 2.2 billion a year ago, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Friday... net transport receipts improved from last year mostly due to a rise in the air transport balance... of the year point to a fall in the current account surplus by 560 million, or 56.5 percent, to 430

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  9. The Greek debt circle can be squared
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    Agora

    the last year it has taken on the form of an unsolvable equation as key decisions makers have taken... on for months until there was a partial breakthrough in the May Eurogroup earlier this year. Eurozone... stages: Some near-term measures by the end of the year upon completion of the second review, mid-term

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  10. Q3 GDP beats consensus, rises by 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.5 pct YoY
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    sectors. The flash estimates also revealed that GDP rebounded by 1.5 percent year on year (YoY) in Q3... period. In the first half (H1) of the year, private and public consumption fell by 1.4 and 2.6 percent respectively. This dragged total consumption down by 1.6 percent. For the whole year, the Finance

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