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Retail sales drop for thirteenth straight month by 5.2 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyand 0.7 percent respectively. Since 2010, the retail turnover in the Greek market has slumped 28.5 percent largely reflecting a nosedive in household disposable income that has been cut by almost one... the turnover has plunged 51.4 percent over the past six years, while big drops have been also
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One-off loss affects NBG’s P&L, NPE stock drops by 900 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingbillion in March to 5 billion in August, the lowest figure among its domestic peers. The bank has 3.6 billion repo-placed with the market over the past five months, while has eliminated pillar II bonds... with the undrawn liquidity at 9.8 billion. NBG has also sold 1.9 billion of EFSF bonds participating
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Fitch affirms Greece’s rating at ‘CCC’
Economy’. It is worth noting that S&P has the highest rating (B-) on Greece, three notches above that of Moody’s... of the legislated measures difficult. In addition, the government has sufficient buffers, such as cash, repos... and institutional framework, the progress in working through the bad loans has been relatively slow. A rating
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HFSF study identifies constraints on developing dynamic NPL market
EconomyBankingin the legal framework has led to long backlogs and delays. The volume of both new and accumulated... to over-indebted individuals, has produced unintended consequences regarding the ability of creditors... stresses As a provisional measure, an amendment could be adopted according to which the debtor has
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Unemployment rate edges down to 23.4 pct in June, lowest since March 2012
EconomyMacroeconomymillion. It is worth noting that the number of employed has grown by 61,700 over the last twelve months, but has been rising at decelerating pace over the last three months. In addition, the number of unemployed has declined by 73,500 over the same 12-month period. ELSTAT figures show that the non
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Eurosystem funding falls by another 4.4 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyrepos, according to market sources. It is worth noting that the ELA funding has been trimmed..., Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 48.12 billion euros since the end of June 2015, mostly due to a decrease in the ELA funding by 37.87 billion, while ECB funding has retreated by 10.24 billion over
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Mitsotakis uses tax cut pledge as driving force in effort to provide alternative
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the cost of each measure has been calculated and that the proposals are realistic. The aim..., which has been identified in the media and public conscience with the recent raft of tax rises that aim... by, including the unemployed and civil servants (two groups that New Democracy has not polled
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A market for NPL resolution
Agoraobligations, lending to such firms has all but collapsed. But this deterioration has also fed... materialise. The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) has identified numerous legal, judicial
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Government tries to limit damage from corruption claims but more tests lie ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsa transparent and fair auction for TV licences, the Greek government has started to hit back against accusations... be the chink in Tsipras’s armour. The state minister is the premier’s closest adviser and has been... recovery could be higher than the 2.7 percent of GDP that has been forecasted. He stressed the important
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Opinion polls sound warning for SYRIZA ahead of party congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsto rally SYRIZA members before the congress. A simpler explanation could be that Public Issue has... that this is the highest figure Public Issue has seen during the Greek crisis and flagged this up as an important trend... of respondents in the same poll do not believe that New Democracy has more to offer than the current
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