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Signs of optimism in Greek banks' Q2 results but NPL challenge lies ahead
The four core Greek banks released their second quarter (Q2) results in the last two days of August, which showed improving trends in core revenues as well as encouraging signs on the loan quality evolution.
Contributor: Manos Giakoumis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
At the start of the process toauction four TV licenses in Athens last week, one of the people in the room was taken to the hospital. He may have been the lucky one.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
Greece's harsh social reality
The key figures reflecting the extent of the economic collapse that Greece has experienced since 2009 are pretty well known, even to those who have not been following the story that closely over the past few years.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
Greece's 2009 deficit makes for a good conspiracy; shame about the numbers
I believed that the issue of Greece’s 2009 deficit was definitely settled last year when Andreas Georgiou, the former head of ELSTAT, was cleared in court of allegations that he purposefully inflated Greece’s 2009 deficit figures in order to lead the country into the first eurozone and International Monetary Fund-led programme in 2010.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
Greece's latest GDP figures and what to expect for the rest of the year
The flash estimates released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday were a positive surprise, with the seasonally-adjusted (SA) GDP growing by 0.3 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016, while it contracted by 0.7 percent year on year (YoY).
Contributor: Manos Giakoumis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)