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How Greek banks were left on the brink
Agoraloss reserves - LLRs) against credit risk rose by more than 1 billion euros in the course of Q1...-for-sale portfolios. As a result, banks’ Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratios, which ranged... at the end of last year. Following the 1 billion euros in additional provisions recorded in Q1, the CET1
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
revenues of 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion euros) on an annual basis, while Greece sees them at 0.93... 1 July along with the other VAT The lenders’ proposals will burden Greek shipping and tourism... parties agree on permanent savings of 0.25–0.5 percent of GDP in 2015 and 1 percent on a full year basis
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Greek deposit rate almost stable, loan rate slightly up in May
EconomyMacroeconomymonth by 1 basis point (bp) to 1.81 percent in May from 1.82 percent in April, according... in May. On corporate lending, there were two marked movements: 1) A drop by 30 bps in loans for amounts over 1 million to 4.68 percent, which is the lowest reading since October 2010. 2) A rise by 47 bps
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Greek banks in intensive care: What lies ahead?
Agorabank failure cannot be avoided. The resolution tools mainly consist of powers to: 1) Effect private... banks. At the end of Q1 2015, Greek banks’ Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio stood at 12.7... a key role in the future architecture of the domestic banking landscape including: 1) Market concerns
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EU makes dramatic revision to economic forecasts, sees recession of 2-4 pct this year
Economytargets. In specific, a primary deficit of zero to 1 percent is now projected for 2015, a primary balance of 1 to 0.5 percent in 2016 and a primary surplus of 2.25 to 2 percent in 2016. However... the next three years, the EC projects they would reach 81.7 billion and stem from: 1) Bank
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What this week's VAT changes mean for household budgets and public coffers
EconomyProgrammerates applied to islands starting from October 1 for islands with higher incomes, which are also the most popular destinations, to be extended to the other islands as of Jun 1, 2016. This would result... on hotels will also be effective as of October 1. However, since VAT rate on catering has been moved
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
that the recapitalisation of Greek banks will be concluded well ahead of 1 January 2016, when the bail-in tool... – either individually or in combination. These tools involve: 1) splitting bank operations that can... for an in-depth discussion on the following issues: 1) the impact on banks’ fundamentals from the imposition
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Drop in corporate loan rates led the average loan rate at a new historic low
EconomyMacroeconomyremains the highest in the eurozone and almost 1 percentage point (pp) above the euro area average... on new deposits eased by 1 basis point (bp) to 1.09, largely reflecting a 5 bps drop..., the decline was lower, by 23 bps to 4.94 percent for loans between 250,000 and 1 million and by 16
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Early rounds of talks with lenders focus on possible prior actions
EconomyProgramme. These measures involve: 1) Changes in the laws for hirings in the public sector, settlement of tax arrears... and other tax measures that would increase revenues, a primary deficit of 0.75 to 1 percent of GDP... billion tranche to cover: 1) The redemption of the Greek government bonds of 3.2 billion euros held
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Draft bill sees millions in savings and revenues from variety of bailout interventions
EconomyProgrammewith a net positive impact of more than 600 million euros in 2016 are as follows: 1) Annual revenue... in the excise tax on diesel for farmers (from 66 euros per 1,000 litres to 200 euros as of October 1, 2015 and further to 330 euros as of October 1, 2016) is anticipated to raise 13 million euros in 2016
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