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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorasustainability of the country and could not come at a less opportune moment.[2] The second structural... lenders. A second cornerstone should rest with the conditionality of the aforementioned bank.... Through mergers and acquisitions during the course of the past 18 months it became the second-largest
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agora, and the slump much more pronounced than necessary. This leads me to the second consequence of asymmetric... that the second-largest global economy is basically free riding on the rest of the world. There are two... of composition: Not everybody can export at the same time. The second, more political, is that by betting
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After Q3 results, what next for Greek banks?
Agoramillion. Cost containment was the second positive element of pre-provision profitability... on NPLs increase) decelerated for the second consecutive quarter. Note that new NPLs exclude those... is that of the second Blackrock diagnostic, which includes a trouble assets review (assessment of NPL
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Greek GDP shrinks 3 pct in Q3, on course to contract by 4 pct in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyin the second quarter. In contrast, exports growth accelerated to 5.7 percent in the third quarter from 0.9 percent in the second quarter, mainly reflecting the strong tourism season as well as shipping leading exports of services up 8.8 percent from -1.6 percent in the second quarter. Unlike the previous two
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Goalposts shift as European elections near and SYRIZA cements lead
PoliticsGreek Politicscoincide with the second round of the local vote, rather than the first. This move carries great political significance because turnout is much lower on the second Sunday of voting. Opposition parties... will be aiming to ensure that the gap with the leftists is small should the conservatives come in second.
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A return to capital markets for Greek banks but no return to domestic lending
Agora, Greece’s second-biggest lender, successfully launched a 500-million-euro unsecured bond... international capital markets in 2009. In a second move both Alpha Bank, Greece’s fourth-largest lender... declined for a second consecutive month in February. Greek banks are starting to receive a vote
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Greek May CPI falls 2 pct in one of biggest drops for more than a year
EconomyMacroeconomyand footwear prices. The latter is attributed to the (second) interim sales period introduced... then, it resumed an upward trend again in May. Note that the May headline figure is the second highest... to a second deflationary year in 2014, yet at slightly lower to 2013 levels. Marginal inflation
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agoraof saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round... struggling to overcome its biggest economic crisis since the Second World War a significant... player even being poised to quit the team. But a battling performance against Japan in their second game
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Car registrations surge by 46.3 pct in June thanks to tourism, consumer confidence
EconomyMacroeconomyto the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The June reading is the second highest (after May) rate.... In addition, the number of road motor cars in June remained above the 10,000-mark for the second consecutive... and a material acceleration in the second half of that period. The bulk of new licences (making up more than
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
Economyof the next review due in the second half of September, local media indicate that a European Court... incompatible with internal market rules and asked the government to recover the money. The second ECJ... in the second half of September, which also coincides with the preparation of the 2015 budget.
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