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Greece and the IMF

The IMF And Greece’s Bitter Pill

Yiannis Mouzakis via Macropolis | What you are going to read could very well be extracts from a Yanis Varoufakis interview in the first half of 2015, when – in a clumsy manner that rubbed everyone up the wrong way – he was advocating that Greece and its lenders should change course.



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A Market For NPL Resolution

Jens Bastian via Macropolis |  When the largest Greek banks (in terms of assets) published their second quarter results a fortnight ago, much investor attention was focused on the formation and breakdown of non-performing exposure (NPE) on their respective balance sheets. This focus is the result of regulatory authorities and investors wanting to know if the four systemic banks have started to reverse the multi-year trend of continuously rising “red loans” in their portfolios.

 




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Fool Britannia

Nick Malkoutzis via Macropolis | A pointless referendum, a prime minister resigning, the opposition collapsing in a heap, the finance minister disappearing and nobody having any plan about what to do: This has all happened over the last few years in Greece. Never, though, all at the same time as has just occurred in the UK.


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Brexit Leaves Greece Dangling Precariously

Nick Malkoutzis via Macropolis | British voters’ decision to head for the European Union’s exit door will test the EU like never before. Brexit has the potential to unleash not just a wave of consequences that will be damaging economically but also centrifugal political forces that will change the state of the Union forever.


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Mangling The Truth

Nick Malkoutzis via Macropolis | In a quote some attribute to ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, the truth is said to be the first casualty of war. Perhaps the same can be said in times of economic crisis, which some have likened to a state of war. Certainly, one could safely say that accuracy has taken a severe battering during the Greek crisis. And, if accuracy is compromised then it is quite likely the truth will also be mangled.



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NPL Resolution In Italy And Greece

Jens Bastian via Macropolis | The rising volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) across various eurozone countries, in particular in southern and southeastern Europe, has been a constant challenge for policymakers in recent years. Moreover, their high NPL levels on bank balance sheets have impaired the asset quality of domestic lenders and necessitated an increasing amount of provisioning, thus binding up valuable capital that could otherwise be lent to the real economy.