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  1. Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017

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    percent compared to the 0.2 percent estimate. In nominal terms, the economy in 2014 contracted by -1.1... the perceived lack of tangible results from the trip. would only pay 1.1 billion euros of this total... the Greek premier’s meeting with representatives of investment funds and other businessmen, Economy

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  2. Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    Agora

    and their lending capacity to the real economy. Any assumption of a quick return to normality and business... on a two-year downward trajectory. As graph 1 below illustrates total lending to the real economy shows..., April 2013. [5] The benchmark 10-year EFSF bond is currently rated (long-term) at AA+ by Standard

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  3. A return to capital markets for Greek banks but no return to domestic lending
    Photo by Can Esenbel [www.mundanepleasures.com]

    Agora

    capital resources which banks could otherwise use for lending to the real economy. The charges also... liquidity to the real economy, in particular working capital to SMEs, any presumed economic recovery... Standard & Poor's identified these risk factors in Piraeus and Alpha Bank's balance sheets as significant

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  4. S&P raises Greece’s rating by two notches in first upgrade since Sept 2014

    Economy

    of a weak economy and the implications this might have for further political and social instability... harmed exports, including tourism. In addition, since Greek economy is more cash-based the bank holiday...Standard & Poor's raised Greece’s long-term rating by two notches from ‘CCC-‘ to ‘CCC

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  5. Club Med in Washington
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    Agora

    -largest economy, which will be reflected primarily in rising yields for Spanish bond issuance. Last.... The potential implications go beyond country-specific conditions and solutions. The political economy... investment grade by three of the four leading international rating agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Moody

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  6. Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
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    Agora

    , which would “improve competitiveness and alter the economy’s structure towards a more investment... of several sectors of the Greek economy, the cuts in labour costs could have been absorbed by increases... that could not be addressed with the standard tool of currency devaluation to improve relative prices

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  7. Collateral damage in Europe?
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    Agora

    for their own strategic benefit in the emerging trade conflict. As the European economy has started... indirectly contributes to accelerating the rebalancing of the Chinese political economy. In other... aspects. For one, in Europe the standard operating procedure continues to rest on the separation between

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  8. IMF sets date for Article IV and DSA as markets mull Greek bonds
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    EconomyProgramme

    . The Commission sees the Greek economy growing by 1.9 percent this year and 2.3 percent in 2019. It notes that the economy began the year strongly after a temporary slowdown in the final quarter of 2017... relief agreement (e.g. the upgrade of Greece’s credit rating by Standard and Poors to B

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  9. S&P keeps rating at 'B+' and highlights obstacles to competitiveness

    Economy

    within the next 12 months if the economic recovery strengthens. The agency expects the Greek economy... administrative burdens and anticompetitive behaviour across the economy. At the same time...Standard and Poor’s (S&P) reaffirmed on Friday its credit rating for Greece at ‘B+’, also

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  10. Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
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    Agora

    the drachma period prior to 2000, the euro adoption and the structurally slowing economy, brought... economy through 2100, we have calculated that potential real GDP growth in the EU27 and in Greece... countries and the ECB (now standard practice) should be abolished, because each sovereign country

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