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  1. Fitch raises Greece to 'BB,' two notches from investment grade, sees growth at 2.5 pct in 2020
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    Economy

    real growth slowing down to 1.2 percent by 2027, compared to the European Commission’s estimate range... to bring the ration down to single digits is sensitive to the operating environment and the appetite

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  2. Banks gear up for 2020 stress tests as evaluation begins
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    EconomyBanking

    is expected to continue, but will significantly slow down over the coming years, from a rise of 7.4 percent..., after a series of sales of bad loans that have pushed down the NPE ratio, domestic lenders have

    2%
  3. Greek banks eye positive market appetite for bad loan sales
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    EconomyBanking

    the total from the current 24 billion down to 8 billion by the end of 2022. The NPE ratio is expected to go down from 49 percent at the end of 2019, to 29 percent this year and 8 percent by 2022

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  4. Bumper year for business launches in 2019, according to registry
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    EconomyFeatures

    ), Qatar (77) and Tunisia (78). The score for each country is broken down across 10 sub indicators. Out of these, Greece scored worst for registering a property at number 156, down three places from

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  5. Current account deficit more than halves to 2.57 bln in 2019
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    for the balance of goods came to 1.63 billion euros, down by 10.7 percent year-on-year (YoY). The services... payments rose to 246.3 million, down by 1.2 percent. Total exports in December came to 2.75 billion euros

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  6. PBO sees encouraging signs for economic and fiscal outlook
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    euros a year earlier, or just 3.5 percent. The pace of tax debts is also slowing down. Combined... billion in 2016. State arrears to the private sector are also gradually coming down, settling at 1.28

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  7. Sharp rise in M&A activities as 2019 proves record year
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    EconomyFeatures

    . The average value per transaction came to 51 million euros, down from 72 million euros in 2018... down by category, in 2019 the most M&A activity took place in the sector of real estate which

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  8. General govt primary cash surplus at 899 mln in January, arrears rise by 38 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus came to 899 million euros in January, down by 475 million euros compared to the same period last year, according to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF... to 11.81 billion (3.3 percent of the total). Bonds edged down by 4 million month-on-month and stood

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  9. OECD Better Life report finds Greece still lagging in life satisfaction
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    Society

    Greece scored strongly above average, along with social interactions. The study also broke down indicators by which groups do better or worse. Broken down by younger and older people, older people

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  10. Eurobank net profits at 256.7 mln in 2019
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    million, up by 36.2 percent YoY, and 44.8 million in Q4, down by 20.4 percent. Core pre-provision profit... at 829.7 million euros, down by 2.7 percent YoY. Asset quality The non-performing exposure (NPE

    2%