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Central government debt rises to 403.2 bln in Q2, cash reserves near 42 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government debt recorded a rise of roughly 1 billion euros to 403.2 billion euros... (over 5 years) debt made up 73.4 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5 years) debt accounted for 16.5 percent and 10.1 percent respectively. Greece’s cash
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BoG provides insight into Greece’s housing affordability problem
EconomyFeatures% of disposable income dedicated to loan payments. An index value of 1 or higher indicates affordability, while a value below 1 suggests the market is unaffordable for the median household... neighbourhoods of the wider Municipality of Athens (2nd–7th districts), the index is above 1, suggesting
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agoraclaims, you end up with a “subordination risk” where private money is seen as being inferior
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling
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Our cruel summer
Agora” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoraand retail sale indices, the correlation is evident and since the crisis began there is a roughly 1 for just over 1 percentage impact between GDP drop and industrial production and 1 for 1.5 relationship
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2014 draft budget: An ambitious fiscal consolidation targeting a primary surplus of 1.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyamount to 16.5 billion and stem from: 1) 5.23 billion issued in 2009 for bank recap, under the Liquidity... for the anticipated improvement in 2014 are: 1) a turnaround of investments, targeted to increase... for the first time since the beginning of the crisis by 1 percentage point yoy to 24.5 percent in 2014
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agora27 per cent between 2010 and Q3-2013.[1] But this apparent success story risks being undermined...-oriented to southeast Europe, including Greece, which is seeking a loan of 1 million euros from its local... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] See Bank of Greece, Note on the Greek Economy, Athens
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agoraon a two-year downward trajectory. As graph 1 below illustrates total lending to the real economy shows... a financial assistance package from the IMF, European Commission and the ECB in November 2010.[1... in Athens. You can follow Jens on Twitter @Jens_Bastian. [1] The Irish Independent, ‘Key Economists
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyand stem from: 1) 5.23 billion issued in 2009 for bank recap, under the Liquidity Support Program.... The key drivers for the anticipated improvement in 2014 are: 1) a turnaround of investments, targeted... percent in August), to decrease for the first time since the beginning of the crisis by 1 percentage
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