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Eurosystem funding rises by 786 mln in December, banknotes in circulation rise
EconomyMacroeconomywas the second time in 2017 since February that the figure has gone up rather than down. February’s increase
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politics, moving all the transactions onto the recently launched electronic scheme, was more sudden than
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Brussels sets out guide for post-MoU financing needs, cash buffer
EconomyProgrammeeuros covers Greece’s financing needs for less than 10 months after August. New market issuances
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Credit contraction remains at 0.9 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomyyears, with the loan balance down by more than a quarter on the back of continued deleveraging. Net
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens could find something better than “Upper” or “Northern” as the qualifiers. The Communist Party
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Greek banks complete first round of covered bond issues
EconomyBankingby Piraeus Bank issuing a 500-million euro 5-year covered bond via a private process rather than
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammewithout having to risk a higher cost of borrowing than it would want. There has been some
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Hydrocarbons add to tension between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policythat Ankara has acted in such a way over this issue but it appears to have adopted a different tone than
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Diplomatic exchanges over name issue intensify
PoliticsForeign Policythe name that Athens has accepted for more than two decades as part of an interim agreement between
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Budget execution makes positive start to 2018 with 1.88 bln primary surplus
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher than the target. However this was countered by primary expenditure beating its target by 179
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