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Opportunity opens for new Greek government bond issues

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GREECE

Greek debt’s improving attractiveness.

IMF inclined to shun third Greek bailout

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GREECE/INT

EU institutions have offered modest debt restructuring but are demanding higher levels of repayments for a decade, financed by tax hikes and spending cuts that would be legislated…

Syriza in opposition may obstruct Greek reform again

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GREECE

Greece’s performance as a ‘programme country’ since 2010.

Greek government will implement austerity grudgingly

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GREECE

Falling bond yields suggest some return of confidence after the government's legislation of further cuts and reforms, and the successful conclusion of the second review of…

Greece’s Syriza may lose 2019 vote to come back later

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GREECE

The minority Syriza government has declared its intention to row back from tax and pension reforms to regain popularity ahead of the upcoming polls and the autumn national…

Italy’s Conte will not fully implement fiscal plan

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ITALY

The new government’s investiture vote in parliament on June 5-6 was preceded by massive volatility in financial markets. Its fiscal plan appears unsustainable and its views on EU…

Creditors will monitor Greek social spending closely

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GREECE

EU budget surveillance.

Prospects for Europe in the fourth quarter

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PROSPECTS Q4 2015

Prospects for Europe in the fourth quarter.

Virus second wave will derail Greek budget forecasts

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GREECE

The official baseline is for an 8.2% GDP contraction in 2020, and a 7.5% rebound in 2021. It took into account moderate restrictions on movement in winter 2020/21, but the…

ECB to stay dovish despite ending its QE programme

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EU

Fears of Europe's financial fragility are rising after the ECB ended its quantitative easing (QE) programme in December. The programme -- which lasted almost four years -- bought…