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  1. Greek trade deficit rises by 7.4 pct in June but rate of increase slows

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    is the highest reading in 2014 and the second positive reading in the first half of the year, after the modest... is the highest reading in the first half of the year and the fourth positive reading so far in 2014

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  2. Rate of credit contraction rises to 3.7 pct in July, balances fall
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    deductions had reached a year low of 266 million. The rate of growth in loans to sole proprietors remained... unabated, which has been hovering between 3.5 and 4 percent this year. An increase in non-performing loans

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  3. Greek deposits inch up in July, reaching 163.22 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million. Following July data, the year to date flow remains negative at 338 million euros, mainly.... Although deposit flow remains weak year to date, Greek banks’ Eurosystem reliance has dropped by 28.4

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  4. Piraeus Bank reports net profit of 164.3 mln in Q2
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    EconomyBanking

    retreated by 11 percent year on year (YoY) mainly stemming from a decline in staff costs by 15.6

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  5. Paris talks mark start of Greece's most crucial troika review

    EconomyProgramme

    ), protection of primary residence from foreclosure for another year, increase in the number... percent for another year, while its medium-term targets involve the gradual reduction of the corporate

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  6. How many NPLs in the Greek banking sector are also non-recoverable loans ?
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    Agora

    The recent presentation of half-year results by the four systemic banks in Greece – National Bank of Greece (NBG), Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank – brought a mixture of good news... its uninterrupted three-year declining trend curve, reaching -3.7 percent in July 2014. Credit

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  7. Athens pleased with Brussels appointments but new Commissioner faces big task
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that in the first seven months of the year, Greek authorities detained 15,104 undocumented migrants trying to enter the country via Turkey, marking a 143.6 percent increase over the previous year

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  8. Building activity falls 10.7 pct in June after brief rise in May

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    at an accelerating pace of 17.9 and 39.9 percent respectively. The year on year drop in June building permits

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  9. ELSTAT survey finds 2013 household budgets devastated, inequality persists
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    Society

    The average monthly expenditure of Greek households dropped 7.8 percent year on year (YoY) to 1,509.39 euros in 2013, according to the 2013 Household Budget Survey published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The rate of decline in 2013 shows a deceleration compared to the -10.2

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  10. Does Greece need a third programme?
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    Agora

    bond markets in April after a three-year forced hiatus. Being able to regain access to such capital..., the primary surplus achieved in 2013 and the one expected for this year underline

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