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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorathat governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt... not willing to stick to the 60-percent rule. They are also incrementally finding ways around.... It is, however, also true that holding so much cash is inefficient and costly, because cash assets
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Athens prepares new primary residences proposal after finding common ground with banks
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and local banks are reportedly making progress in their discussions about how to replace the Katseli law, which expires at the end of the month, with a new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure. The two sides ...
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
at this juncture. This holding off on payments is expected to continue until an agreement is reached... of holding a referendum to throw the decision back to the Greek electorate is a popular idea among many.... During those five years, Greeks have been to hell and back numerous times. Finding themselves
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsenough support to win from the first round. The northern city will also be holding an unofficial referendum on the proposed privatisation of the local water company, EYATH. Although the non-binding vote
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How does ECB's decision on Greek banks' T-Bill exposure affect state liquidity?
Economylegally binding, according to reports. The initial decision was already in effect for the three T... problems. Greek banks are currently holding between 1.8 and 2.6 billion euros in T-Bills each
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Greece: After a deal, work on a solution
Agoracountries in southern Europe. Labour market inflexibility is thus unlikely to be holding back the Greek... in the form of less restrictive fiscal targets and the explicit and binding promise of debt relief upon
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NBG raises 300 mln from SME loan securitisation in first such Greek transaction since 2007
EconomyBankingthat following the evaluation of binding offers, it has selected a consortium comprised of Tourism Enterprises Messinia (controlled by Konstantakopoulos group) and D-Marine Investment Holding (Dogus
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsis holding out hope that it will still be able to convince the lenders to reduce the amount of new measures... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that some legally-binding commitment to medium-term debt relief
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Newsletter 119 - 19/05/2017
. Athens is still holding out hope that the lenders, particularly Germany and the International Monetary... was prepared in cooperation with the BoG and is a non-legally binding document outlining the strategy
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government seems intent on trying to forge a better deal with its lenders than the one proposed at the May 22 Eurogroup, with access to the European Central Bank’s QE scheme perhaps holding... in QE. However, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras has also said that a legally-binding
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