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  1. Alpha Bank posts net profits of 65.2 mln in Q1, NPEs fall for fifth quarter
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    EconomyBanking

    net interest income (NII). The difference year-on-year (YoY) was a decline of 9.7 percent compared... a year ago, NPLs have declined by 3.1 billion euros. By segment, NPL formation in the retail... this year, plus spread reduction, also contributed negatively by 28 million euros. On a positive note

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  2. Fall in apartment prices decelerates to 0.2 pct in Q1 for slowest contraction on record
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The drop in the nominal value of apartments in Greece came to 0.2 percent year-on-year (YoY... with a decline of 1.9 percent noted for the same quarter last year. Based on the slowing rate of contraction in the last few quarters, should the same pattern continue for the remainder of the year

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  3. Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Speculation has already begun regarding next year’s pension cuts. The local media reported on Monday that government sources suggested Tsipras will use this year’s positive fiscal data to convince the creditors that the 1 percent of GDP in reductions that have been agreed for next year are not necessary

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  4. Improving trends in property market highlighted by central bank
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    EconomyBanking

    . In particular, prices in the first quarter of the year fell by 0.2 percent compared to the same quarter... of this year. Regionally, apartment prices fell cumulatively by 44.5 percent in Athens and by 46.4 percent... the real estate market and prices this year. The readjustment is expected to continue into 2019 and 2020

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  5. SYRIZA targets pensions boost as New Democracy builds on poll lead
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The possible cancellation of next year’s pension cuts and steps to increase the minimum wage... Moscovici that the reduction to pension spending due next year may be altered or cancelled has prompted incessant speculation about the fiscal measure, which was voted through Parliament last year

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  6. CPI rises by 1 pct in June, staying positive for third month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. Last year was the first... 2016. The latest headline number marks the third month of price rises this year, and is the highest year-on-year increase in the index since November 2017. The average CPI for the 12-month period from

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  7. For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
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    Agora

    side of the programme was due to be completed at the end of that year (the IMF programme was meant... of next year. We can leave it 1.5 years earlier […] that is our goal,” Prime Minister Antonis Samaras... in 2015 was closed with permanent measures, meeting the 4.5 percent target the following year would

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  8. Banks try to build on growing confidence

    EconomyBanking

    growth of 2 percent this year and 2.2 percent in the next, with much of its outlook based on Athens... at roughly 35 percent of all loans by the end of next year. Moody’s saw the bank’s capital at comfortable... at 16.31 billion. Since the start of the year, Eurosystem funding has fallen by approximately 17.37

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  9. Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
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    EconomyProgramme

    the full range of tax cuts and spending hikes it plans to implement this year and next. Speaking to Real... is on course to settle all outstanding pensions by the end of the year. She said that 47,000 main... percent of the applications made this year have been settled. Should there been an agreement to avoid

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  10. Hirings balance in August turns negative by 7,748
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , though slowing from July’s negative figure of 8,610. Compared to August last year, the balance has... of these two industries as the new school year gets under way and the tourism season begins to wind down... that the balance for the first eight months of the year was the highest on record since 2001

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