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Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015
in 2015 and pick up in 2016”. The central bank believes the key risks this year relate to the government... that the cleaning up of bank loan portfolios accelerated in 2014 with write-offs reaching 446 million... that failure to live up to the terms would lead to the agreement being declared null and void
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
the rollover concerns funds placed in December, when foreign investors were no longer taking up Greek T-Bills. Thus, Greek banks, which had taken up the bulk of those T-Bill issues in December... to increase their participation. Thus, any incremental take up would only stem from investors other
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Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
EconomyProgrammewho pay in (up to 100) instalments. Note that the previously announced 50 percent haircut on tax... allowance of 100 euros per family per month for up to 300,000 households budgeted at 137.7 million... debt and free supply of electricity up to 300Kw/h per month per household for up to 150,000 households
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
, the institutions had reportedly given Greece six working days to come up with a new list of fiscal..., for instance, is vehemently opposed to opening up the energy sector to private investors. Similarly..., the LLR now correspond to 19 percent of gross loans, up from 16 percent a year earlier. The double
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Greek talks go down to the wire as IMF raises major objections
PoliticsGreek Politics. The IMF requests pension cost savings up to 0.5 percent of GDP for 2015 compared to 0.37 percent... to cover the anticipated annual cost of up to 1.5 billion that resulted from the recent Council... it will be to wrap up proceedings at the Eurogroup. There have been reports that Eurogroup president
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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of seven SYRIZA MPs who abstained in Saturday’s meeting and has refused to give up her... are also demanding that by July 20, the government come up with a plan to reform the public... the creation of a new independent fund run by experts that would control up to 50 billion euros
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Greek banks in intensive care: What lies ahead?
Agoratax asset (DTA) makes up more than half of the reported equity. Overall, DTA amounted to 15.6... billion. Summing up, the potential cushion to cover the 24.3 billion from an 8 percent bail... percent of liabilities, a contribution from the resolution funding arrangement up to 5 percent
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
income up Greek household disposable income rose by 2.6 percent in Q1, which was the third... of 2015, up from 26.35 billion in the corresponding period last year. In Q1, disposable income was up... demanded meant it was impossible for it to keep up. As the recession deepened and unemployment
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Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
Agora. The first wave of opinion polls published last week have not helped to clear up any doubts. In fact... campaign. These include: How will SYRIZA bear up under the pressure of signing the third bailout...’s party showed little of the zeal for a clean-up that it claims it has. The SYRIZA leader points
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Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
Agoraup the system. New Democracy has made this campaign about the issue of trust and whether Greeks can... in office. At the same time, it picked up many of the nasty habits of previous governments...? There simply weren’t any. It is little wonder, then, that most opinion polls up to Friday showed little
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