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Fiscal data impressive but details suggest caution still required
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus of 11.4 billion euros, or 4.8 pct of GDP, while the general government budget was in a total... the central government, local governments, and social security funds, all of which were in total surplus... and social security funds at 1.1 billion euros. Greece’s fiscal picture has been consistently improving
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Newsletter 504 - 15/05/2026
on goods sold: total inputs were up by 4.5%, with energy the main driver at 17.2%, while fertilisers... a rise of 1.1 pct. The annual movement reflects a jump of 24.6 pct in electricity supply and 5.5 pct... and gas up by 48.7 pct. The total energy rise in March was 37.7 pct.
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Newsletter 508 - 12/06/2026
of just 0.3% in Q1, France grew by 1.1% YoY and Italy by 0.7% YoY. At the same time, Greece’s annual.... Investment growth was solid in Q1, up by 12.1% annually, although total gross capital formation... percent, bringing the total to 10.44 billion euros. Imports rose by 3.3 pct, while exports increased
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Imports soar by 7 pct in March as exports rise for first time since Sept
Economy, the 12-month trailing index points to a 3.3 and 2.2 percent drop in imports and exports respectively... the respective total exports figure down 5.9 percent. The change in imports excluding oil products... quarter of 2014. Total imports fell by 4.9 percent in 2013, while exports eased marginally by 0.2 percent
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Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1
Economywith FSM loans at 211.86 billion, corresponding to 66.1 percent of total, long term bonds at 74.48 billion (23.2 percent of total) and T-Bills at 14.99 billion (4.7 percent). Disbursements from... (OSE) (6.06 billion) and Attiko Metro (2.2 billion) and 1 billion to extra budgetary funds
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How Greek banks moved into a new era
Agora. They successfully raised a total of 8.31 billion (Alpha 1.2 billion, Eurobank 2.86, National 2.5..., the four banks had accumulated LLRs of 43 billion corresponding to 16.6 percent of the total loan book... in Alpha and Piraeus currently stand at 2.2 billion and 400 million respectively. The banks’ stock
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Snap elections in Greece bring state's liquidity constraints into focus
Economy. These mainly comprise of interest payments (2.2 billion) and IMF repayments estimated at 1.6 billion. On top... as an additional amount of nearly 2 billion expected from SMP profits. These total 7.3 billion euros. Under... include: a) Short-term borrowing from general government bodies, which total 9 billion. However, 7
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsND 28 Potami 4.5 G Dawn 4.2 PASOK 4 KKE 3.7 Ind Grks 2.2 Papandreou 1.5 Other 4.4 Undecided 9.6..., if the total percentage of the vote that goes to parties which do not make it into Parliament reaches 4... considerably. A total of 9 percent going to non-parliamentary parties would lead to SYRIZA or New
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Where next for Greece's troubled privatisation programme under SYRIZA?
Economyfor a total consideration of 915 million euros was signed on November 14 and the payment is due after... of regional airports are profitable and in total do not burden the public coffers. In the reform list... European Commission review report on Greece. It foresaw revenues of 1.5 billion euros in 2014 and 2.2
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
After successfully covering its funding needs in March, which, at 2.2 billion euros (excluding... to local media, Chinese funds participated in two of the three T-Bill issues in March for a total... received a total of 867 million from the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). In particular
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