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Pace of credit growth picks up in Nov, at 2.8 pct, led by loans to insurance companies
EconomyMacroeconomy8 billion euros. Credit to sole proprietors was positive by 8 million euros to 4.5 billion. Housing
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SYRIZA's ongoing drama creates space for winner of PASOK leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto head to a extraordinary conference on November 8 and then the first round of the leadership ballot... 8 to overturn the decision to oust him as party president or, at the very least, to ensure that he
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Greece looks to cultivate ties with Egypt and Israel while keeping eye on Turkey's role in Syria
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe trilateral summit due to be held in Cairo on January 8 will host the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt and takes place at a critical moment for developments in the Middle East. Turkey’s active...,” the same sources underlined. The meeting in Cairo on January 8 will give all three leaders
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It remains a mystery
Agoraneeded 13.2 billion in 2010 which was the equivalent of circa 6 percent of the country’s GDP. Again... to the EFSF, Greece is budgeting just over 6 billion euros in interest payments for 2014. That figure
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Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
Economytargeting a yield slightly above the 5-percent mark compared to circa 6 percent a month ago... unsecured corporate bond was priced at a fixed rate coupon of 5 percent and was 6 times
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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... and a 3-year issue at 4.2 percent, which is well below the “slightly below 6 percent” anticipated a few
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What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof victory he expects to be decisive. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, he said that a win of 4 to 6... because Elia is not expected to gain more than 6 or 7 percent. However, there will be at least three other
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agorapeaked in 2012 when a 6 pp reduction of economic activity led to unemployment increasing by over 6
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Greek retail sales dive 8.5 pct in May after brief rise in April
EconomyMacroeconomy. Unlike the official estimate for a slowdown in private consumption to -1.8 percent in 2014 from -6... a rise in private consumption by 0.5 – 1 percent in 2014 for the first time in the past 6 years. Its
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agora. The country was growing between 6 and 10 percent each year with a small blip in 1995 due... protests, Argentina announced on January 6 the abandonment of convertibility. Cut off from international
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