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  1. Portugal, market access and programme exit
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    Agora

    in 2016. Portugal still has one of the highest NPL ratios in the eurozone, and is still struggling to find a comprehensive strategy to deal with it. It has however been able to attract foreign capital

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  2. Credit contraction accelerates to 1.3 pct in June on loan deductions of 206 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    falling below the 24-billion-euro mark. There has been credit contraction in the Greek market... with net deductions exceeding 40.4 billion. The sharpest decline over this six-year period has been

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  3. Economic sentiment and consumer confidence climb in July after review conclusion
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    reading since February 2015. Since the beginning of the year, ESI has improved by 3.1 points... points has been recorded in the industry confidence indicator. In contrast, the retail trade

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  4. Overdue social security contributions increase 827 mln to 23.3 bln at end of Q2

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million in the previous quarter. Compared to the corresponding period a year ago, the Q2 figure has... in the last quarter of the year. Overall, KEAO has collected revenues of 2.25 billion since 2013

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  5. Could reforms have prevented Greece's economic collapse?
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    Agora

    The Greek economy’s collapse in the 2010-2013 period has become legendary. Greece had already been hit hard by the global financial crisis in 2009, when it posted a sharp GDP drop of -4.3 percent... competitiveness gains that Greece has been asked to implement. The wide time horizon gives

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  6. Tourism could give economy annual 5 bln boost, NBG report finds
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    EconomyFeatures

    in internal demand which fell by 16 percent during the same period. According to the report, Greece has... hotels) has to be increased by 3.3 billion euros per year for the next five years, corresponding

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  7. Capital controls to ease further from the beginning of September
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a period of high political and economic uncertainty. The government has since been making plans... have been useful in encouraging the use of electronic payments rather than cash, BoG has noted

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  8. Relief for coalition as wildfire threat subsides
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    has been put in doubt. Nevertheless, even in the most extreme case, in the summer of 2007, when many... as a recent devastating blaze on the island of Kythira. Toskas has been the target of frequent

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  9. Fitch upgrades Greek rating to B-, sees debt sustainability improving
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    Economy

    reduced reliance on ELA and the government has announced further relaxation of the capital controls... to 'CCC' under the rating scale of the other two agencies, which means that effectively Greece has

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  10. Rating agencies concur in improved prospects for Greece
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    Economy

    of the programme will bring the debt relief that the eurozone has pledged. In a similar vein, S&P considers... and in this juncture, ratings agencies believe that political risks have receded and that Greece has

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