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Review set to resume in Athens as debt talks drag on Negotiations aimed at clinching a staff-level agreement (SLA) between the Greek government and its lenders are due to resume in Athens on Tuesday as doubts remain about how the creditors will resolve their differences over debt relief.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Tsipras looks to build political capital from 2016 overperformance ELSTAT’s confirmation on Friday that the 2016 primary surplus was well in excess of the agreed target appears to have given the government a boost for the time being.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Fiscal surplus back in focus ahead of IMF debt discussions Greece’s delegation of ministers is due to head to Washington for the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings on Thursday, hoping that it will return with at least confirmation that the IMF and the eurozone are on the same page regarding debt relief.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
IMF revises fiscal estimates upward, sees debt ratio at 162.8 pct in 2022 A day after the publication of its World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF released on Wednesday its Fiscal Monitor, which provided its updated fiscal estimates.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts The publication of the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) on Tuesday revealed worse estimates for the Greek economy compared to the upbeat set of forecasts included in its previous forecasts, which were released early last October.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Debt talks to be prime focus after Easter Talks between Greece and its lenders are heading for a brief break over the Easter weekend but are due to resume with some urgency next week, when debt relief is expected to dominate the agenda.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Debt relief moving to centre stage in programme discussion Comments by International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde regarding the debt relief that the eurozone will provide Greece have shed further the light on the discussions that lie ahead but also on the form that the domestic political debate will take.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
IMF Spring Meetings seen as next waypoint in completion of review The International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings due later this month are emerging as the next key juncture in the road towards the conclusion of the second programme review.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens Friday’s Eurogroup in Malta resulted in Greece and the institutions reaching an agreement in principle that paves the way for the missions to return to Athens and a staff-level agreement (SLA) to be secured.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Athens hopes for deal at Eurogroup but doubts persist There are mixed views going into Friday’s Eurogroup in Malta about whether Greece and its lenders can reach an understanding that would pave the way for the return of the institutions to Athens and a staff-level agreement to be clinched in the coming days.