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Bank of Greece sees growth at 0.7 pct in 2014, NPLs up to 34.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomya slighter deterioration by more than 1 pp to 27.4 percent. For corporate NPLs (for loan amounts above 1 million euros) in particular, a BoG study showed that they are concentrated in a relatively... in the preceding two years, it improved by 1 pp to 50.5 percent at the end of June. BoG urged banks
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As hopes of April 24 deal fade, differences between Greece and lenders remain
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 751 euros in two stages. The coalition foresees the minimum wage rising to 650 euros on October 1 and then increasing again, to 751 euros, on July 1 next year. Differences Another issue on which... 880 million euros to pay to the IMF (183 million on May 1 and 697 million on May 12). It also has
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S&P downgrades Greece, sees economy shrinking by 1.5 pct in 2015
Economyand the economy has contracted by close to 1 percent over the past six months, despite weaker euro and lower...) for GDP growth of 1 percent to a contraction of 1.5 percent in 2015. In addition, S&P expects... on May 1 followed by another payment of 760 million on May 12. S&P thinks that the government
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Greek DSA: Don't Say Anything about the debt
Agora. There is a forecast for high privatization proceeds that exceed 1 percent of GDP each year until 2020, peaking at 1.7... of the privatization proceeds assumptions that will not exceed 1 percent of GDP for debt purposes would... on the issue they have repeatedly tried to dodge since Day 1 of the Greek crisis. However, solid
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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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Piraeus posts 1.24 bln loss in Q4 on jump in loan provisions
EconomyBankingstock falling by around 1 billion euros from its 2015 level of 26.88 billion. The bank also disclosed... Eurosystem funding shows 13.7 billion relate to EFSF and ESM bonds, 14.4 billion to loans, 1 billion... in November, the phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 (Tier1) ratio reached 17.8 percent in Q4 with the fully
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Greek ministers still hopeful of reaching deal with creditors this month
Economyfiscal measures yielding 1 percent of GDP each. However, he did not comment or provide any detail...’s plan on the income tax reform would yield 1 percent of GDP via a change in the income tax scales... taxes. Pensions On the pension reform, Katrougalos said that the government’s plan yields 1 percent
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Piraeus reports net loss of 37 mln in Q1, records negative NPL formation for first time since 2008
EconomyBankingin the previous quarter. The management reiterated its target for a negative NPL formation of 1... to loans and other (15 billion), while the cash value of the used pillar II bonds stood at 1 billion... to see deposit inflows of around 3 billion. The phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 (Tier1) ratio eased
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Government tables amendments with aim of securing bailout tranche within days
EconomyProgrammewill apply as of June 1 instead of January 1. This means that there is no issue any more... savings are legislated until September 30, 2016 and implemented as of January 1, 2017. The multi-bill
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyadults (26.5 percent) in Greece are proficient at or below level 1 in literacy (compared to the OECD average of 18.9 percent) and almost 28.5 percent score at or below level 1 in numeracy (6 percentage... in 24 countries. The adult skills survey was conducted in Greece from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015
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