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Greece poised to build on investor sentiment with return to bond markets
Economyof 5 billion euros at a yield of 5.90 percent. The Greek 10-year yield landed marginally north of 6
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding falls for third straight month, at lowest since Feb 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding dropped in March at the fastest pace since May 2013. It fell by 7.3 billion in what was the third successive month that funding declined, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure landed at 60.69 billion, its lowest
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SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA landed itself in more hot water this week with its candidate choices for next month’s local and European Parliament elections, creating more doubt about the party’s credentials. The leftist party has dropped one candidate, another has been forced to step down, while a third may also have
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Piraeus Bank reports loss of 247 mln for Q1
EconomyBankingthe elimination of deferred tax asset (DTA), the fully-loaded Basel III CET1 landed at 11 percent. The latter
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the second consecutive month in April. It landed at 3.03 percent from 2.81 percent in December
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Greek economic sentiment breaks through 100-point mark for first time since 2008
EconomyMacroeconomy, but not steady, trend. In February 2014 it landed at -65.2. This corresponds to a total increase
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Greek trade deficit up by 21.9 pct in May as exports sink further
EconomyMacroeconomy, while exports landed at 10.65 billion. Excluding oil products, the 5-month imports posted
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Credit contracts by 3.5 pct in June, balances at 214.81 bln
EconomyMacroeconomycredit landed at 27.74 billion down 2.7 percent with marginal net deductions of just 3 million in June
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Apartment prices see 22nd straight quarter of decline: Down 7.3 pct in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy, the apartment price index landed at 65.1 in Q2 2014, which indicates a cumulative nosedive of 36.3 percent from
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Unemployment at 27.2 pct in May, hardly changed from previous months
EconomyMacroeconomylanded at 34.3 percent, down 3 pp YoY. The latter slipped to 24 percent from 24.1 percent last year
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