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Ring of Fire
Agorashouldn’t forget, though, that for some Greeks the wish of having their life back is not a slogan... with the fallout from its dire situation and the truth is it hasn’t done that particularly well. The fact... of Papathanasopoulou, Zoulia and Tsakalis we cannot abandon others to their fate. If we don’t take the chance to step
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One night in Cannes
Agorawith him over the idea. He says he backed the idea initially because he feared that if he didn’t it would... in the euro would have caused a bank run, argues Venizelos. “If I didn’t issue the statement, there would have been no banks left by 9 a.m.,” he said this week. But couldn’t a likely “no” vote
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Loan and deposit rates edge down in May but remain above euro area average
EconomyMacroeconomyfollowed that of T-Bill yields in 2014. In particular, the yield for 3-month T-Bills has retreated by 177 bps year to date to 2.13 percent in June. Similarly, the last 6-month T-Bill yield stood at 2.15
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Greek time deposit rates fall further in August
EconomyMacroeconomyand 6-month T-Bill issues showed a faster decrease of close to 200 bps. The deviation in the rate of contraction between time deposit and T-Bill yields within 2014 mainly reflects last year’s movements when time deposit rates fell by 190 bps, while T-Bill yields remained broadly stable. During the Greek
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Greek deposit and loan rates slide in September
EconomyMacroeconomy. During the 9-month period, the yields of the competitive 3-month and 6-month T-Bill issues displayed... rates and T-Bill yields within 2014 mainly reflects last year’s movements, when time deposit rates fell by 190 bps, while T-Bill yields remained broadly stable. Since the beginning of the Greek crisis
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Greek loan rates remained well above euro area average in October
EconomyMacroeconomymonths. Over the same period, the yields of the competitive 3- and 6-month T-Bill issues recorded... and T-Bill yields is mainly attributed to 2013 movements, when time deposit rates fell by 190 bps, while T-Bill yields remained broadly stable. During the recent crisis years, time deposit rate peaked
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General gov't primary cash surplus rises to 3.4 bln in Oct but arrears also growing
EconomyMacroeconomycomponents mainly reflects a net decrease in long-terms bonds by 9.7 billion and in T-Bills by 2.1...) Exchange of 1.67 billion T-Bills via 3- and 5-year bond re-opening in September. The amount... long term bonds amounted to 66.57 billion (21 percent of total) and T-Bills at 12.88 billion (4
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Greek current account balance turns negative in October after four month of surpluses
EconomyMacroeconomygovernment bonds and T-Bills and a net increase of 1.03 billion in resident’s investment in bonds and T... and T-Bills. Reserve assets slightly eased to 4.88 billion at the end of October from 5.02 billion
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General government cash surplus widens to 3.68 bln in November, arrears down by 502 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyreflects a net decrease in long-terms bonds by 9.7 billion and in T-Bills by 2.1 billion counterbalanced...) Exchange of 1.67 billion T-Bills via 3- and 5-year bond re-opening in September. The amount..., while long term bonds amounted to 66.56 billion (21 percent) and T-Bills at 12.84 billion (4 percent
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Greek current account deficit widens by 32.4 pct in November despite services surplus
EconomyMacroeconomygovernment bonds (GGBs) and T-Bills and an outflow of 1.4 billion related to residents’ investments in foreign bonds and T-Bills. For the 11-month period, the net result implies an outflow of 6 billion... stocks and a large decrease of 5.9 billion in GGB and T-Bill holdings. Reserve assets slightly rose
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