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Notable increase in grants to social security sector leads to budget primary deficit in Nov
Economyfar this year, and also stands almost 1 billion above the monthly target. Salaries and pensions.... These mainly relate to: 1) Grants to Seamen’s Pension Fund – NAT (at 76 percent of the FY target of 1... to hospitals (at 79.7 percent of the annual target of 1.16 billion) 5) Allowances to families with many
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Wide range of exacting issues lie ahead for Greece in first bailout review
EconomyProgrammebailout programme calling for pension cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion euros) in 2016... to legislate credible measures yielding 1 percent of GDP in total for 2017-18 to support the 2018 fiscal target. The 2016 budget voted on December 5 envisages a primary surplus of 0.53 percent of GDP for 2016
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NBG records loss of 2.05 bln in Q4 on one-offs and jump in credit risk provisions
EconomyBankingreflects: 1) Negative impact of 1.16 billion euros from Finansbank (mostly additional impairment of 612.... Net interest income (NII) edged up 1 percent QoQ to 474 million euros, largely due to lower..., NII fell 5 percent to 1.91 billion euros. It was mainly dragged downwards by the higher ELA cost
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Corporate lending rates fell in March, time deposit rate slightly down to a new low of 0.88 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof 0.61 percent. Overall, the weighted average rate on total new deposits slipped marginally by 1 bp... in March was a sharp drop by 90 bps in loans for amounts over 1 million euros to 3.93 percent from 4.83 percent in March. In addition, the rate for amounts between 250,000 and 1 million euros fell
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Piraeus Bank’s bottom line turns profitable with 20 mln net profits in Q2
EconomyBankingpercent QoQ to 288 million in Q2 on the back of a 5 percent rebound in core income mitigated by a rise in core expenses by 3 percent. Net interest income (NII) edged up by 1 percent QoQ to 484 million..., while has been trimmed by 1 billion since Q3 2015, of which 0.7 billion stems from corporate
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Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
EconomyMacroeconomyanticipated impact of 2.45 billion relate to: 1) Income tax reform (716 million) 2) Change in rates... (439.6 million) 4) Increase in the VAT rate from 23 to 24 percent, implemented as of July 1, 2016 (218.4 million) 5) Increase in the excise tax on tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes (142
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Newsletter 105 - 03/02/2017
proprietors eased by 2 bps to 7.34 percent. The new time deposit rate of Greek households slipped 1 basis... loans showed mixed trends, as the rate for loans between 250,000 and 1 million euros rose by 22 bps... by 5 bps to 4.53 percent. Economic sentiment unchanged in January Headline figure second highest
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the threshold for collective dismissals (currently at 5 percent of the workforce per month... to be implemented from January 1, 2019. Athens is hoping that the volume of measures will be reduced slightly... since) by 1 percent of GDP in one go from 2020. This seems to be the proposal from the lenders
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About to soar? Greece's economy still needs to be handled with care
Agoraconsumption remains resilient, up by 0.7 percent in the second quarter and 1 percent in the first... are foreseen to increase by at least 1 billion and range between 14.2-14.5 billion. This pick-up...). They dropped below 5 billion only in April this year and currently stand at 5.44 billion as of July
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Piraeus Bank posts net loss of 80 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingadoption of the IFRS9 accounting policy for exposures in Stage 3 (1 billion euros). Net fee... Assistance (ELA) funding dropped to 2.1 billion in March, falling by another 1 billion euros in mid May..., the results of which were brought forward for Greek banks and published on May 5, Piraeus Bank posted
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