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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agorathe past. There can’t be a political scientist in the world surprised that Greece is experiencing social... earlier. If Greece’s institutions, including Parliament, don’t function properly, the country
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A quarter-pounder democracy
AgoraJust under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory that if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind... and the innocent won’t. Economic recovery, if or when it comes, will mean little if the accountability
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Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
Economysovereign bond issue. At the same time, the yield of Greece’s 13-week T-Bill significantly dropped during... within 2013, the drop in the T-Bill yield was just 21 bps.
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
AgoraGreece money through lower T-Bill yields or over the lack of clarity regarding what the coalition would... (and not discounting New Democracy’s tendency for self-inflicted wounds) it doesn’t look like SYRIZA
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Greek current account deficit rises to 709 mln in February
EconomyMacroeconomyin resident’s investment in foreign T-Bills and a decline in non-resident’s holdings of Greek government bonds and T-Bills. Greece’s reserve assets increased by 500 million month on month to 5.06 billion
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Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1
Economybillion (23.2 percent of total) and T-Bills at 14.99 billion (4.7 percent). Disbursements from... figure for new borrowing in 2014 stands at 0.36 years and refers to T-Bills. More than three quarters
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Greece's C/A deficit for March drops sharply to 44.4 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyin foreign T-Bills and a decline in non-resident’s holdings of Greek government bonds and T-Bills
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomy-escalating at much lower levels, albeit with delay, was also evident in the T-Bill issues this year. The yield on the 6-month T-Bills has retreated by 145 bps in the year to date. It was at 2.70
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Greece prepares for a 3-year benchmark bond issue
Economyof 3.50 percent. In addition, Greece raised on Tuesday 1.63 billion from a 6-month T-Bill auction... of the 6-month T-Bill stands at 210 bps since the beginning of the year. Strong investor interest for Greek
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorabasically run the show and democracies become a kind of rubber stamp because people don’t understand what’s going on and they don’t want to understand what’s going on,” said Chang. That is why understanding
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