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IMF maintains outlook for economy, Athens readies scheme for unpaid taxes and contributions The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published on Tuesday its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) ahead of the Spring Meetings that take place in Washington this week, leaving its projections for Greece’s key macro data unchanged from the first post-monitoring report issued in mid-March.
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Athens gearing up for new bond issue amid favourable market conditions Greek authorities appear to be working in parallel on the two goals Athens has set following the completion of the second post-programme review: To issue another sovereign bond and to pay off some of Greece’s debt to the International Monetary Fund before it matures.
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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review The Greek government is aiming to come to an arrangement with its lenders in the coming days so that it can pay off early at least some of the 10 billion euros it owes to the International Monetary Fund.
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Lenders deem second post-MoU review over, Athens waits for debt relief The European Commission issued on Wednesday the update to its second post-programme surveillance report which should pave the way for the Eurogroup on Friday to approve the release of close to one billion euros in debt relief.
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Athens and lenders continue talks on outstanding actions, aiming to conclude by March 25 Discussions between the Greek government and its European lenders are continuing with the aim of the outstanding actions from the second post-programme review being completed by March 25, when the Euro Working Group (EWG) is due to meet.
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EconomyProgramme IMF outlines areas in which Greece needs further reforms, where it should apply caution The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued on Tuesday its first post-programme report for Greece as part of the regular monitoring cycle of assessing policies and the country’s capacity to repay the Fund.
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Economy
PDMA releases details of 10-year bond, highlighting strong interest Greece’s Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has provided the details of the country’s second bond issuance of the year last week, which was the first 10-year benchmark since 2010 – a last foray before Athens lost market access and signed the first bailout.
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Athens aims to wrap up legislation on foreclosures and issue 10-year bond Following further discussions between the Greek government and the institutions over the weekend, Athens is hoping to submit to Parliament in the coming days the draft legislation protecting primary residences from foreclosure.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Central government debt increases by 2.91 bln to 358.95 bln in Q4 Greece’s central government debt rose by 2.91 billion euros to 358.95 billion euros quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018, from 356.03 billion euros in the previous quarter, the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed on Wednesday.
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Economy
Details of bond issue give Athens boost in bid to establish market access Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) issued on Friday night the details of the first bond issuance since the country exited its third adjustment programme in August 2018.