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Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
EconomyProgrammein an interview with Reuters on February 19 as IMF estimate on capital needs. The overriding factor... Monetary Fund estimates Greek banks’ capital needs at 20 billion compared to 5-6 billion earlier suggested.... The first question arises from the BoG decision to unveil its own estimates on capital needs just a few
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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
in which there can be a unilateral appeal to arbitration during a labour dispute. SYRIZA has already...) figures showed during the week. The current quarter’s rate is the lowest the unemployment rate has.... During July, three out of five main industrial groupings recorded production increases. CPI drops by 0.2
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorait had a mass of debt to rollover during the next years. In this fraught environment in 2009, he..., would return to haunt him during his premiership because it epitomised how immature the party... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agora(ONS), real wages in 2024 were still below their 2008 level. During this long period of stagnation.... Burnham has served for nine years as Manchester Mayor. During that time he has received many plaudits... for the formation of an independent panel to investigate the incident after many years during which
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
measured commentary of politicians from creditor countries and institutions in Europe during..., Brussels and The Hague that the Greek issue – so dominant during the summer months – is not making... substance, while his personal, fatherly style during campaign appearances has caught the attention
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Newsletter 302 - 18/06/2021
, however, about the funding gap expected to result during the transition to the new system, which some... the government present the same narrative it set out during the recent clash over its labour reforms, where its... Strategy (MTFS) for the 2022-2025 period, during which a strong economic and fiscal recovery is anticipated
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
of 2015 during this week, with Greece failing to bridge its gap with lenders, the institutions not yet... at present, does not make for smooth “what if” consultations behind closed doors in Washington during... parties have come to naught during the past five months. Time is now running out in Spain
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S&P keeps rating at 'B+' and highlights obstacles to competitiveness
Economy-up demand by households, held back during the protracted recessionary period. S&P notes... made further progress in reducing their NPE stocks during 2018, bring them down to 81.8 billion euros... to conditions. Competitiveness With the exception of labor cost competitiveness which was restored during
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturesgovernment. During the campaign the party made some broad promises, but did not produce detailed... hikes during the crisis years. What has been sacrificed? There are some significant omissions from.... Public reaction during the consultation phase focussed on a relatively minor element of the package
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PM wants no strings attached to EU funds as ND juggles with public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the enthusiasm shown during the height of the lockdown, when the government was lauded for its... pct) said they have a “positive” or “probably positive” view of ND’s performance during its first... during the last 12 months. By contrast, 52.9 pct of those questioned said they things would
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