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  1. Greek recession slowed from revised 7 pct in 2012 to 3.9 pct last year

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in February. Greece has experienced negative growth since the third quarter of 2008, but the contraction has been consistently slowing over the past four quarters. Affected by continued austerity... of a material implementation of structural reforms has led 2013 GDP to contract 23.7 percent compared

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  2. Four months of decline in industry turnover almost comes to stop in February

    Economy

    to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). ELSTAT has discontinued the release of New Orders Index... headline figure has been heading south for the sixth successive month with the 12-month trailing index... the manufacturing sector has made a positive contribution to GDP in the opening quarter,” Markit said.

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  3. Are investors getting a bargain with Eurobank?

    Agora

    will have restricted voting rights on the shares it already owns. The HFSF has also committed... rather than the TBV. *Manos has years of experience in the Greek financial sector. Since 2000, he has

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  4. Retail index fell by 2.2 pct in Feb but trend improving

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    volume has retreated 31 percent since 2009 with only one positive reading in November 2013. The latter... of that month. In an effort to support retail sales, the government has also legislated a second interim..., the European Commission consumer confidence indicator has improved for three successive months since

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  5. Possibility of post-election breakup dogs Greek coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to survive the vote. While Venizelos has backed away from setting the bar for the centre-left Olive Tree alliance - which PASOK leads - at 10 percent, he has insisted that the government will find... percentages. In such a scenario, SYRIZA is certain to feel that it has enough political legitimacy

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  6. Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1

    Economy

    billion by the end of Q1 2014, the IMF net financing has been reduced accordingly to 25.4 billion... of outstanding debt has a residual maturity exceeding 5 years, 10.3 percent has a maturity between

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  7. Is post-election just pre-election in Greece?
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    Agora

    that the Eurogroup of finance ministers has to address with regard to Greece in the coming months includes a host... has transformed the ownership structure of Greek sovereign debt from the private sector... new Memorandum of Understanding seems unlikely, given how contaminated the term “MoU” has become over

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  8. SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    whether there has been a decisive shift in public opinion that makes a SYRIZA or New Democracy win... that a SYRIZA victory could bring. It appears the opposition party has made limited headway in convincing older... the breakdown of the figures is that SYRIZA has gradually broadened its appeal

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  9. Better contribution collection for Greek pension funds but 5.1-bln shortfall looms
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    Economy

    are not paying their contributions and the cumulative arrears’ stock has risen to 5.9 billion... and the government d) 1.3 billion has been lost due to a reduction in SSCs. e) 12 billion was lost... years. In addition, monthly debt collection has increased by 50 percent. Two of the twelve prior

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  10. After landmark return in April, Greece prepares to tap bond markets again
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    Economy

    on July 7. The release of the next instalment is expected to be approved as Greece has completed... in the 6-month notes has nosedived by 200 bps so far in 2014 to 2.15 percent. Similarly, the yield in the 3-month T-Bills has dropped by 177 bps year to date to 2.13 percent. The imminent bond issue follows

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