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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
opened with a guidance of mid-swaps plus 105 basis points, 5 basis points lower than the initial talks. By 11:00 UK time the book had reached 25 billion euros, which pushed the spread even lower by 5... was initially planned, with the transaction closing formally just before 5:00 pm UK time. The lion’s
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoraspecifically relations with Serbia and lack of recognition from 5 EU member states (Cyprus, Greece... of the 5 EU member states which still do not recognize Kosovo. Kosovo’s declaration of independence... and delicate approach, in order to accommodate both the stance of the majority of its members and 5 non
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Newsletter 284 - 12/02/2021
of March, including most of the vulnerable groups. As of Thursday, close to 5 percent of the Greek... by 3.5 pct in 2021 and 5 pct in 2022. In autumn, growth for 2021 was forecast at 5 pct, already... was forecast at 5 pct Unemployment drops to 16.2 pct in November Drop in number of unemployed
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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
this year, followed by growth of 5 pct in 2022 and a modest 1.4 pct in 2026. Growth in the last... pct in February Stripping out the impact of oil products and ships, imports fell 5 pct, while..., while those from non-EU countries dropped by 5 percent. Meanwhile, exports to EU countries rose
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agora, and if nominal GDP growth is around 5 percent a year, then, over time, the debt ratio D = 3/5 = 0.60... interesting detail is that the 5 percent nominal growth rate can be thought of as 2 percent.... Nominal GDP growth in the EU27 averaged 3.3 percent a year, well below the 5 percent assumed
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Central government debt rises to 406.18 bln in Q4 as repos increase
EconomyMacroeconomyby roughly 5 billion euros, following another debt prepayment. Most of the FSM loans relate to the EU’s... maturity showed that long-term (over 5 years) debt made up 71.5 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5 years) debt accounted for 19.1 percent and 9.4 percent
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A varied set of views on China
Agoraof inferior quality to that of western goods. In short, while Greeks are not disposed negatively... in their eyes. Nor do they envy life and work in China, and find Chinese commodities of inferior quality
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Election results in Greece lift uncertainty, for now
Agorathe course of the past 5 years, polarized the political scene. On one hand, the coalition government.... Before the EU vote, some polls suggested a SYRIZA lead in excess of 5 percent while the performance of the junior coalition member, PASOK (or the Elia alliance), was seen at a dismal 5 percent
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBanking. The underlying profitability reflects pre-provision income (PPI) of 828 million in H1, up 5 percent coupled... percent to 390 million, while loan provision also fell by 5 percent to 342 million. The key drivers... (down 17 percent YoY in H1 and 5 percent QoQ in Q2) led cost of risk further easing to 2.23 percent
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National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
EconomyBankinggrew 5 percent QoQ to 797 million mainly stemming from an expansion of the net interest margin (NIM... in the cost to income ratio by 5 percentage points (pp) YoY to 55 percent. The rate of increase in the non... 0.3 billion to 10.7 billion in Q3. Excluding EFSF bonds, net ECB exposure corresponds to 5 percent
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