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BoG awaits go-ahead from DG Comp over NPL scheme
EconomyBankingproperties worth around 1 billion euros. It is expected that the deal will open the way for Piraeus... the transaction on October 1, 2019. The end result will be the largest NPL management company... 2019 CET 1 ratio). In its latest financial stability report, BoG noted that during 2018, NPEs
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Q2 rise of 7.7 pct in apartment prices marks 12-year high
EconomyMacroeconomythat house prices increased by 1.7 percent in 2018, compared to an average price contraction of 1... compared to a downward revised decrease of 1 percent in 2017. Properties up to five years old saw price... on average by 2.7 percent in Athens and by 1 percent in Thessaloniki. In other cities, prices rose
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Tax cuts spearhead Mitsotakis's message in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJuly 1 next year. Mitsotakis said the aim is to bring them down by 1 percentage point by the end... two years should be to enhance our bilateral trade from 650 million dollars in 2018-19 to 1 billion
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politics1 billion euros a few weeks ago, partly as a result of market developments, which saw Greece... priorities are on the economic policy front over the coming months: 1) Achieving the fiscal targets, 2... for anyone paying contributions after January 1, 2021. The proposed change has already been heavily
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Greece aims to bolster Balkan role to dull impact of EU veto for Skopje, Tirana
PoliticsForeign Policyaffected by delaying the beginning of North Macedonia’s EU accession are: Article 1 paragraph 10... in accordance with Article 1 (3) shall commence at the opening of each EU negotiation chapter... following the agreement are referred to in paragraph 9 of article 1. They add that Skopje has a clear
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 4.7 mln in Q3
EconomyBanking. The bank noted that in Q3, new disbursements of loans to the private sector amounted to roughly 1... offset a decline in state deposits. On an annual basis, deposits in Greece showed inflows of 1... percent compared to 103 percent in Q2 2019. Capital The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio stood at 18
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Newsletter 232 -13/12/2019
pct+1 of the junior notes have been sold to private investors and a satisfactory level... than the Italian criterion of having sold 50 pct+1 of both mezzanine and junior notes, with the aim... increased by 1.8 percent in 2018, compared to an average price contraction of 1 percent in 2017
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PDMA sets 2020 goals to build on improving conditions for debt
Economycompared to peers. Based on the assumptions of the European institutions, which see growth averaging 1..., in the volume of 3 billion euros, in line with the IMF repayment that took place this year. In scenario 1... billion euros. The PDMA outlines four main objectives in next year’s funding policy: 1) Enhance
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Population drops slightly in 2018 despite positive net migration flow
Societyof Greece was noted at 10,724,599 on January 1, 2019, compared to 10,741,165 for the same date in 2018... included people living in the country as of January 1 due to the refugee crisis. According to the data... of the total population. As of January 1, the population in Greece is split between 51.4 percent for females
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Piecemeal process likely in drive for more fiscal space
EconomyProgrammehinges on securing a 1 pct of GDP reduction in the surplus goal. The Greek side is arguing... billion euros, or 1 pct of GDP, and as such the primary surplus goal can drop to at least 3 pct over... on the borrowing front, but this is offset against the poor long-term growth trajectory of 1 pct. There is also
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