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Greek banks eye positive market appetite for bad loan sales
EconomyBanking45 percent three years ago. The bank's target is a one-digit NPE at the end of 2021. NBG The National
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Overall loan interest remains at 4.34 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomyinterest rate on deposits from households with an agreed maturity of up to one year decreased by 1 bps
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Uproar over minister's home protection comments underscore sensitive nature of challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Greece’s banks, which is seen as one of the main obstacles to growth in the post-MoU era
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign Policythat the Italian side has many ideas, including another meeting resembling the one that took place
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
of growth was in line with that seen one year ago. To meet growing demand, firms increased
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Athens takes heart from Gentiloni, Lagarde comments but still has distance to cover
EconomyMacroeconomymechanism that will allow the transfer of fiscal over-performance from one year to the next and of the SMP
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Tensions within SYRIZA en route to membership ballot, party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsresonate, or is it already on its way to becoming a one-hit wonder? For the foreseeable future
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Piecemeal process likely in drive for more fiscal space
EconomyProgrammebe transferred from one year to the next. This will create an estimated 0.3 pct of GDP extra fiscal space. New
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Greece faces dilemma over how to address relations with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyto meet on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, on Feb 12. No one is expecting anything
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Strong performance of 15-year bond bodes well for market strategy
EconomyThe strong appetite for Greece’s sovereign debt has been visible over the last few weeks across the curve, with yields as low as 0.3 pct for the 5-year issue. A month ago, the equivalent yield stood just short of 0.5 pct and six months ago the yield was four times higher at 1.23 pct. However, one
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