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  1. Greece faces tight deadline for second set of milestones, first review looms
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    EconomyProgramme

    The Greek government has until December 11 to complete the implementation of the second set... are due to visit Athens next week to discuss with Greek authorities the second set of milestones... for Greek securities as well as for Greece’s QE eligibility. During the ECB press conference

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  2. Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions

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    it or not, they will have to get used to the idea that the Greek people elected a government... privatisation fund and whether the International Monetary Fund will join the Greek programme... by State Minister Nikos Pappas, one of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s closest aides, that the Greek

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  3. SYRIZA tries to compose itself ahead of next vote on prior actions
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    and allowing distressed debt funds to buy up Greek NPLs. SYRIZA MP Yiannis Michelogiannakis... control or if foreign funds are allowed to buy the NPLs of Greek small- and medium-sized enterprises. Initial reports about a possible agreement with the lenders on ADMIE suggest that the Greek state

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  4. Gov't hopes deal with lenders on prior actions will prove politically palatable

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    to the Greek state, which in turn will sell 49 percent of the company to private investors, including around 20 percent to a strategic investor. The agreement also allows the Greek state to have... will meet the following day to decide whether it can release the next bailout tranche. The Greek

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  5. Credit contraction further accelerates to 2.2 pct in November

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek bank credit contraction further accelerated to 2.2 percent in November from an upward revised.... The year to date evolution shows deductions stood at 632 million. Greek bank credit remains... posted the lowest drop (-16 percent). Following the completion of Greek bank’s recapitalisation

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  6. Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
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    The Greek government appears to have finalised its proposals on pension reform and is set to submit... divergences between the Greek authorities and the institutions on the new replacement rates. He did... Organisation (ILO) to provide technical support on the Greek proposals. The government is reportedly

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  7. Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time

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    of studying as they were reportedly only sent to the institutions in Greek at the beginning of the week... on Thursday, though, when the four associations representing Greek employers met with Prime Minister Alexis..., saying that the first review of the third Greek bailout is likely to take months rather than weeks.

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  8. Time deposit rate eases by another 5 bps in Nov, average loan rate drops 16 bps

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek households’ new time deposit rate eased by 5 another basis points (bps) to just above... systemic Greek banks controlling more than 95 percent of the market. Overall, the weighted average rate... of the Greek banking market down by 12 bps to 4.34 percent in November after reaching a year-high of 4.46

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  9. Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties

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    in a reconquering of the middle ground of Greek politics. Of course, if the new conservative party chief runs... as a free market devotee who is not in touch with the average Greek. However, this does not seem... divide in Greek politics. However, it is part of the group of Social Democrats in the European

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  10. Receipts from taxes and social contributions rise to 39 pct in 2014, near EU average

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    . In absolute terms, Greek receipts improved for the first time since 2008, albeit by just 0.2... social security contributions account for 34.5 percent of Greek receipts, above the EU average of 33.5 percent but below the eurozone average of 37.5 percent. As a percentage of GDP, Greek taxes

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