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Marinakis – Frangou – Rogoff: A crisis of leadership in Europe
Evangelos Marinakis, Angeliki Frangou and Kenneth Rogoff raised the core problem facing Europe vis-a-vis China, Trump’s ...
Remember the U.K. debt crisis under Liz Truss? Bank of England now has a formal process to handle it.
The Bank of England on Tuesday announced a new emergency measure to deal with debt-market instability like that seen during ...
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An exploration of train graveyards and abandoned railway stations in Greece
The history of railways in Greece dates back to 1869, when the first line was built between Athens and Piraeus. The ...
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Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s Tariffs, the Dollar and the Greek “Bubble”
Yanis Varoufakis, the former finance minister of Greece, spoke about President Trump's proposed tariffs, the dollar and the ...
How Bond Vigilantes Could Check Trump's Power
The experts believe Trump has some cover, thanks to the dollar's status as the global reserve currency and the Fed's now well-established ability to intervene in markets in moments of crises, which ...
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Greece Has Tapped 18 Billion Euros From EU's Recovery Fund
After years of under-investment due to a 2010-2018 financial crisis, Greece has improved its uptake of European funds, tackling bureaucracy and helping its economy grow faster. Greece is eligible ...
Insight: How bond vigilantes could check Trump's power
Economist Ed Yardeni, who coined the term bond vigilantes, said Trump had bought some time by promising to cut spending and naming market-savvy people to his team such as his Treasury Secretary pick, ...
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Greece National Debt – How They Forced A 50% ‘Haircut’ In 2011
The 2008 global financial crisis hit the Greek government hard. In order to remain within EU requirements on debt, the government hid some of its borrowings in special debt-holding corporations. The ...
Greek City Times14d
Greece Raises Alarm Over Yemen Crisis at UN Security Council
Greece expressed its profound concern over the deteriorating ... particularly the Security Council, to address the Yemen crisis with a unified stance. He also cautioned against external actors ...
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Italy’s Debt Clock: Realtime Demo Showing The Size Of Italy’s Public Debt
Source: OECD (2019), General Government Debt, Data (accessed on 12/8/20) During the financial crisis in 2008, Italy’s debt-to-GDP rocketed by 13% and after a brief recovery period, it rose again to ...
UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening
UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the government’s tax and spending plans. Yields on gilts, as UK government bonds ...
Greek Reporter20d
A Tale of Two Traditions: Simitis’s Funeral vs. Carter’s Farewell
The funeral of Costas Simitis, Greece's former Prime Minister was notable for as none of Greece’s living former PM's were in attendance.