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Club Med in Washington
Agora. Without QE support from the ECB in Frankfurt, Portugal may again have to seek financial assistance from.... Such a prospect, speculative as it may appear at present, does not make for smooth “what if” consultations behind.... Time is now running out in Spain. If the Cortes fails to elect a new prime minister by May 2
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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsautomatic cuts across the board once the programme is found to be off track may be adopted. Athens... in the coming days, ahead of another Eurogroup on May 24. Debt relief Another significant part of Monday's... including longer grace and payment periods before the May 24 meeting of eurozone finance ministers
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
Economycompanies, while none of them may receive any subsidy from another subsidiary. It is worth pointing... Board. The BoD may have up to two executive members. The EC and the ESM will jointly appoint one representative to the BoD, who may be present in the BoD meetings without voting right. A BoD quorum
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Reshuffle speculation mounts as offshore law sparks new political row
PoliticsGreek Politics-tranche, worth 7.5 billion euros. However, it may help to convince Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that his... negotiations with the institutions and the challenging measures that were passed through Parliament in May... and only 7.5 percent believing the outcome of the May 24 Eurogroup was positive for Greece. Tsipras
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
on year (YoY), slightly worse than the preliminary figures released on May 13. The breakdown revealed... to grips with the situation and may be a sign of the challenging summer that lies ahead, when conditions... estimates released on May 13. In Q4 last year, GDP rose by 0.1 percent. All key GDP components fell QoQ
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agora? For starters, the German elections next year may lead to a substantial shift in support from... is due to exit its third programme at the end of July 2018, the political balance in the eurozone may... to discuss the kind of debt relief measures that have been proposed by the IMF. This means Tsipras may
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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras in May 2015 after six weeks of work in secrecy by a team of experts led... public has interest any longer in what Varoufakis may or may not have done unless
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Minor uptick in time deposit and average loan interest rate in June
EconomyMacroeconomy0.85 percent in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) data showed on Tuesday. This was the first uptick, albeit... low it recorded in May and stands almost 30 bps higher than the eurozone average rate of 0.57 percent... by 1 bp in May. The slight rise in the average loan rate coupled with the marginal drop
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Tsipras braces for SYRIZA congress, weighs up reshuffle options
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, wanting to conclude the review quickly and actually doing it may prove two separate things. Some government officials, for instance, told local media that the lenders’ inspection may drag... of the situation. Tsipras, though, is clear that he may have to concede ground to the Fund if he is to wrap things
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Obama emphasises need for debt relief in Athens but Berlin keeps expectations low
PoliticsForeign Policyit clear that this may not be the view of all his fellow eurozone finance ministers. This appeared... Steffen Seibert also emphasised that Berlin is not willing to move outside of the contours of the May... in May on a timetable on exactly that subject .. regarding measures for the short term, and later
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