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  1. After landmark return in April, Greece prepares to tap bond markets again
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    Economy

    in May, beating the 5-month target by 142 million from a shortfall of 620 million to April. Strong... was a 4-year 500-million note with an annual fixed coupon of 4.25 percent. Strong investor interest for Greek

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  2. State budget primary surplus widens to 2.28 bln at end of July after rise in revenues

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of 4.71 billion recorded in January. The strong rebound is attributed to the payment of the first..., reflecting the strong revenue rebound in July. It is also noteworthy that the 7-month target included... euros, beating the target by 880 million. The latest MoF figures on the general government arrears

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  3. Greek stock market loses 1.8 pct in week of mixed messages, Q1 results

    Economy

    increased by 22.2 percent to 93 million with both figures also beating analysts’ estimates. On Wednesday, Mytilineos posted a strong growth in Q1 net profit by almost 50 percent to 22.8 million... profits of 55 million from losses of 19 million a year ago, also due to a strong refining performance

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  4. Five-month budget primary surplus of 2.27 bln, revenues outperform in May

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    outperformance is largely attributed to an ongoing strong underspend, with primary expenditure 2.06... by 501 million. Following the strong revenue performance in May, the aggregate figures for the 5-month period showed that revenues increased by 2.4 percent from last year to 18.4 billion, beating

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  5. Budget primary surplus to Sept surges to 5.44 bln on solid tax revenues

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    from 640 million in the 8-month period. The strong performance in September is largely attributed.... Nevertheless, the recorded strong underspend mostly reflects: · Social protection (at 608 million... the 9-month figure increased at double-digit rate of 11.6 percent to 33.11 billion, beating target by 1.07

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  6. Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
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    Agora

    European Central Bank and pave the way for a strong recovery this year (the forecast is for growth of 2.8... for at the moment. Athens is trying to convince its lenders that the economic fundamentals are strong..., tax revenues beating their target for last year by 1.7 bln and GDP growing slightly last year

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  7. Budget primary surplus of 1.73 bln outperforms target, tax revenues fall short in April
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The outperformance largely reflects a strong underspend, with primary expenditure finishing 1.19 billion... expenditure fell by 1.2 percent to 13.04 billion in the four-month period, entailing a strong underspend... edged down by 1.1 percent to 14.87 billion euros during the four-month period, beating the target by 534

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  8. Aided by underspend, budget primary surplus reaches 1.84 bln in 5-month, 792 mln above target
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . Following this revision, the 5-month primary surplus beat target by 792 million, fully reflecting strong... decreased by 3.4 percent to 16.09 billion, still entailing a strong underspend of 791 million. The MoF... revenues edged up 0.6 percent to 18.53 billion euors in the 5-month period, beating target by 443

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  9. Greek banks' NPL selloff gathers speed
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    have their own NPL portfolio sales in the works, which have attracted strong interest. Alpha Bank..., dubbed Project Ameoba, has also attracted strong interest. The first phase was recently completed... million in Q2, and landed at 26.8 billion, beating the target for the month by around 100 million euros

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  10. Newsletter 158 -20/04/2018

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    by a strong increase of 55.9 percent in mining and quarrying, along with an increase of 6.6 percent... percent, respectively. Primary cash surplus at 7.72 bln in March Strong declines in expenditure..., and beating the target by 1.22 billion euros. The budget balance in the first three months recorded

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