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Amid efforts to help banks reduce NPLs, portfolio sales dominate drive to meet 2018 targets
EconomyBankingloan portfolio securitised against mortgages, with a gross book value of about 2 billion euros... billion euros. The four bidders were named as Apollo Global, Centerbridge, Fortress and Lone Star. Along
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policycentury. 2. Aspire to become more European. Less Neo-Ottoman. This will best serve the Turkish people. 3.... Otherwise, we need to proceed with the logic of Europe as a fortress. This would not be pleasant
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Piraeus completes Sunrise II securitisation as banks stay focused on NPE reduction
EconomyBankingPiraeus Bank announced on Monday that it entered into definitive agreement with Intrum and Serengeti Asset Management for the sale of 49 pct of the mezzanine and 2 pct of the junior notes... the Frontier securitisation after entering talks with a consortium of Fortress, Bain Capital
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Omnibus bill goes to Parliament as Greece seeks to unlock 2 bln sub-tranche
EconomyProgrammeincluding the prior actions needed for the disbursement of the next sub-tranche of 2 billion. The bill... retirement age limits gradually increase as of August 19 until January 1, 2022. 2) The minimum pension... by November 15 to unlock the second sub-tranche of 1 billion. The two sub-tranches of 2 and 1 billion
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Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
EconomyMacroeconomyupward revised to 2 percent of GDP from 1.8 percent in the draft budget, above target of 1.75... anticipated impact of 2.45 billion relate to: 1) Income tax reform (716 million) 2) Change in rates... for pensioners (95 million) and other interventions (50 million). 2) Savings from non-public sector
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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
Agoraretirement age was increased twice in Greece.[2] This increases the potential pool of labor... reality, if fertility remains weak. For completeness, we also show in Figure 2 (above) what...). [2] Laws 4093/2012 and 4302/2014 increased the statutory retirement age from 60 to 62 and from 65
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agorathat member states (strategically) adopt this scenario as their own (for which there is evidence[2... emerges when we take the added effort to turn on System 2, or “Slow Thinking,” based on analysis... on “The Macroeconomy of the European Union: A Work in Progress” (in this blog text referred to as “the Book”). [2
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Stability Programme sees improved growth, primary surplus above 2 pct from 2024
EconomyMacroeconomy. The primary balance rises above 2 pct of GDP next year, up to 2.5 pct of GDP by 2026, which is broadly.... Private consumption will continue to grow by 2 pct in the two next years, towards a more moderate..., reaching 2 pct in 2025. Unemployment only falls below 10 pct in 2026, at 9.8 pct.
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Industrial production returns to growth of 2 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomythree contractions since June. It grew by 2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after dropping by 0.1 percent... a drop of 2 percent, after an increase of 0.9 percent in the previous month. The annual movement... business surveys for October, industry confidence went deeper into negative territory to -4.3, from -2
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Consumption and investments drive Q3 GDP growth of 2 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomygrowth accelerated to 2 percent year-on-year (YoY), from a 1.6 percent YoY rise in Q2. Growth over the nine months of the year averages to 2 percent, needing a slightly stronger finish in the last... pct in 2026. In its latest WEO released in October, the IMF sees growth of 2 pct in 2025 and in 2026
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