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First visit by quadriga to Athens leaves series of issues unresolved
EconomyProgramme. The government’s counter proposal suggests more relaxed criteria, with the value of the property being set... the announcement of banks’ capital needs by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the ECB
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Piraeus Bank reveals mitigating actions aimed at reducing size of capital increase
EconomyBankingPiraeus Bank revealed on Monday the capital actions that it intends to submit to the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) to cover the capital shortfall that resulted from the comprehensive... set at 75 and 25 percent respectively. CoCos would bear an annual coupon of 8 percent, yet the coupon
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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
the Schengen Area – the recent exchanges between Greece and the Union set a poisonous precedent... refugees. The fact that EU officials chose to single Greece out and to use such an extreme threat
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Greece a gateway and scapegoat in EU's refugee crisis
Agoraof a possible exit from the Schengen Area – the recent exchanges set a poisonous precedent. The EU has... uncooperative. The fact that EU officials chose to single Greece out and to use such an extreme threat
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Addressing some misconceptions about Greek budget revenues and unpaid taxes
Agoraof the first instalment of the single property tax (ENFIA). The former was initially due in July.... As an example, the annual ENFIA target is set at 2.65 billion euros. This corresponds to a collectability
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorathat someone cannot do both but it should be clear that each requires a different skill set. Finally..., no single person can be transformative. There is no figure in Greece at the moment that carries that much
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammesystem, as set out in the pension reform proposals submitted to the institutions last week. However... at the same time this year’s targeted revenues of 2.65 billion euros from the single property tax
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
ordoliberalism dominating policy in the single currency area. As a narrative, it made sense..., or what kind of pressures it would come under, were set aside. The truth is that the first two sets
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SYRIZA's long, slow march
Agorain the single currency area. As a narrative, it made sense to a great extent. The nub, though, lay... come under, were set aside. The truth is that the first two sets of bailout milestones were passed
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgramme, when the court rejected OPAP’s appeal and a ministerial decree was signed that set the payment... pensions and to 2,473 euros for single pension. However, Tsipras said that such cut would have more
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