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Central Bank of Greece forecast a strengthening of growth for 2017
December 16th, 2016
Today, in accordance with its Statute, the Bank of Greece submitted its Interim Report on Monetary Policy 2016 to the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the Cabinet. Progress with the implementation of the programme and with economic recovery ...
Who Will Exit the EU Next?
October 20th, 2016
The European Union’s future has been up for debate since the Continent’s economic crisis began nearly a decade ago. But questions about the bloc’s path have multiplied in recent years as Greece came close to quitting the eurozone and ...
One of the worst markets hit in the last two-weeks has been Italian banks
July 6th, 2016
While most of the post-Brexit headlines have centred on the fall in value of sterling and the surge of interest in safe havens such as gold and government bonds, one of the worst markets hit in the last two-weeks has been Italian banks. ...
British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows
July 6th, 2016
The British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows on Wednesday, swamped by continued fears over the U.K. leadership vacuum and the country’s potential exit from the European Union (EU). The pound tumbled as low as $1.2796 during Asia trade on Wednesday, ...
The Need for an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
February 1st, 2016
I participated recently in an entrepreneurial educational field trip to Athens that is organized by CIIM’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (ENTICE). This is part of a series of educational field trips that CIIM’s organizes every year (includes a second ...
Greece’s economic crisis goes on, like an odyssey without end
January 7th, 2016
When Stavros Staikos thinks of the year ahead, he expresses dread. Although stoic in demeanour, the retired merchant seaman struggles to be upbeat about his country and his own circumstances. “It’s hard to be optimistic,” he says, waiting his ...
Spain: EUR 10 million loan under InnovFin for Danobat RDI activities
November 9th, 2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 10 million agreement with Danobat S. Coop. for its RDI activities in the field of machine tools. EIB Vice-President Román Escolano and DanobatGroup’s CEO Iñigo Ucín Azcue signed the finance ...
ESMA raises its market risk indicator to highest level
September 15th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities Report No. 2 for 2015 on European Union (EU) securities markets, covering market developments from January to June 2015. It has also published its Risk Dashboard No. ...
Central Bank of Germany issued April Monthly Report
April 22nd, 2015
Structural developments in the German banking sector The financial and sovereign debt crisis which has afflicted the euro area for more than seven years now has clearly left a mark on the financial market, having forced monetary policymakers to ...
Will Draghi’s QE programme work?
February 13th, 2015
The recent announcement by Mario Draghi for the Quantitative Easing (QE) programme in Europe was welcomed by an expected euphoria from the financial markets. Stock markets around the globe produced positive and significant returns, while yields on the sovereign ...
