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Fitch raises Greece to 'BB,' two notches from investment grade, sees growth at 2.5 pct in 2020 Fitch upgraded Greece’s credit rating on Friday by one notch to ‘BB’ and revised upwards its outlook to positive, bringing the country just two notches away from investment grade.
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Mission chiefs pick up fifth review baton as Greece mulls new bond issue Greek government officials are due to begin meetings with the institutions’ mission chiefs on Wednesday as part of the fifth enhanced surveillance review, which Athens hopes will pave the way for its three fiscal demands to be met later this year.
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Economy
PDMA sets 2020 goals to build on improving conditions for debt Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) issued on Tuesday its funding strategy for 2020 after taking stock of the achievements during 2019 and the characteristics of Greek sovereign debt, which breed confidence for the year ahead.
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Economy
Latest T-bill auction nets near-zero yield, rounding off landmark year for sovereign debt Greece is rounding off the most successful year in its sovereign debt since 2010, and after three adjustment programmes, with the successful issue of a 52-week T-Bill on Wednesday that resulted in a yield close to zero.
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Focus shifts to DSA, fiscal targets after IMF loan prepayment The Greek Finance Ministry announced on Monday that the process of prepaying some of the outstanding obligations to the IMF has been completed after Athens paid ahead of time 2.7 billion euros.
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Despite differing views IMF and EC see no immediate debt sustainability concerns Greece’s debt sustainability was assessed again by the two main institutions tasked with the analysis of the viability of the country’s debt, the IMF as part of the Article IV consultation process published last week and the European Commission in the fourth post-programme review released on Wednesday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Central government debt down to 353.85 bln in Q3, average maturity stable at 21 years Greece’s central government debt fell by 2.67 billion euros to 353.85 billion euros quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, from 356.55 billion euros in the previous quarter, the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed on Wednesday.
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EC sees growth at 1.8 pct for 2019, rising to 2.3 pct in 2020 and fiscal targets in reach The European Commission (EC) issued its latest forecasts for Greece in the context of its regular autumn economic forecast cycle on Thursday, when it revealed that it expects growth to remain resilient despite a slowdown in the first half of the year.
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Economy
Latest T-bill auction highlights shift in Greek yield curve The flow of positive news in Greece’s sovereign debt market continues as the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) announced the results of Wednesday’s 26-week T-Bill auction in which the yield dropped to zero.
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EconomyProgramme
Athens hopes IMF prepayment go-ahead aids case for lower fiscal targets The Greek government is hoping to get the all-clear from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Monday to make a loan pre-payment to the International Monetary Fund, a move which Athens hopes will boost its chances of convincing its creditors to lower its fiscal targets for the coming years.