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Opportunity opens for new Greek government bond issues

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GREECE

Greek debt’s improving attractiveness.

Greek recovery will attract institutional investors

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GREECE

The new issue’s main purpose was to build up a benchmark yield curve to facilitate the sovereign’s future access to capital markets and, ultimately, pave the way for the broader…

Greece to seek end of austerity, not euro membership

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GREECE

Greece's government and voters have delivered a punishing blow to euro-area policies. However, the underlying dilemmas remain unchanged: whether creditors will countenance debt…

Emerging Europe will weather storm from China

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EUROPE

The currency and debt markets of Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) are proving resilient to fallout from the turmoil in China's financial markets, now the primary determinant of…

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…

QE will stem euro-area contagion from Greece for now

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EURO-AREA

The likelihood of financial contagion from Greece.

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…