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Understanding the German approach towards Greece
Agorabe devastating for Greece, with mass defaults, insolvency of banks, capital flight, and national institutions... balanced and sensible economic policy agenda. Too much political capital has been invested
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Less is more: The Greek government needs a chisel, not a sledgehammer
Agoraparty. This is a task that requires investing a considerable amount of political capital... with the impact of the election outcome jeopardises the political capital this new government
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The numbers behind Greece's reform proposals
EconomyProgrammeobligations to banks. The cost of capital for this entity was estimated by SYRIZA at 2 billion euros... that this cost could be covered by the HFSF capital buffer of 10.9 billion euros, although
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Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch a referendum could be held without the government having to impose capital controls or, alternatively, Greece experiencing substantial capital flight. Lastly, there is a question of what Greece’s
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Greece: The moment of truth is inexorably approaching
Agorareferenda on fiscal matters; b) it is unclear whether a vote could be held without imposing capital controls as the country may experience significant capital flight; and c) it would have
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Tsipras hopes to muddle through, avoid internal clash for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsit leading to a default or the imposition of capital controls. Dragasakis was visibly upset by Dijsselbloem’s suggestion this week that Greece may soon have to impose capital controls, as Cyprus did
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National Bank posts net loss of 1.1 bln in Q4
EconomyBankingin Q4 and excludes state preference shares as well as committed future capital actions. These mainly... plan envisaged the disposal of a 26.9 percent stake, 20 percent via capital increase and 6.9 percent
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis month the need for his government to win back trust and return to capital markets. Domestic.... Nevertheless, Monday’s meeting in the German capital as well as the talks between Tsipras and top
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
with the result that he wants, the country will have to live with the consequences of capital controls... that is in such a fragile state and so reliant on cash, imposing capital controls would be the equivalent
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Where has the money withdrawn from Greek banks gone?
Agoraboxes amid increased fears about the imposition of capital controls or the collapse of talks between... if an agreement with official creditors is clinched soon, which would also banish fears of capital controls
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