Global Economy - Since 2000, the share of emerging and developing economies in global GDP has increased more than two thirds. It reached almost 40 percent in 2015 - This transformation has had a direct impact on the IMF—in terms of both policy and governance..-

NEWS Release - Strengthening the International Monetary System - IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa   - Remarks to a Conference on the Future of International Monetary System for Asia  - Organized by Hitotsubashi University and the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Tokyo  - March 8, 2017

Good Morning. I would like to express my appreciation to Professor Ariyoshi for his warm welcome and introduction. - Hitotsubashi University and the IMF have been organizing this annual conference for several years. It has become a setting for thoughtful discussion on issues of macroeconomic and financial importance. With this year’s theme of “The Future of the International Monetary System for Asia”, I am sure that our tradition of insightful presentations and exchanges will continue.

Τρεις μήνες λειτουργίας του ΕΦΚΑ και η κατάσταση παραμένει τουλάχιστον τραγελαφική ..- Ο.Ε.Ε.

Δελτίο Τύπου - Δήλωση Προέδρου ΟΕΕ, Κωνσταντίνου Κόλλια για Εισφορές ΕΦΚΑ

O Πρόεδρος του Οικονομικού Επιμελητηρίου Ελλάδος, Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας, έκανε την ακόλουθη δήλωση:

Technical Analysis charts Deutsche Bank AG - Share capital increase for the share ..

Technical Analysis charts Deutsche Bank AG

Good morning everyone ... Continued yesterday losses to the banking group of Deutsche Bank AG. The share at yesterday's meeting after the strong fall more than 5% to 17 630 Tuesday, scored again - 1.79% to 17.315 e .. The losses are mainly due to the letter of the CEO. John Cryan who Monday informed that the Board decided to issue up to 687.5 million new shares, expecting revenues of approximately EUR 8 billion of it. Additionally reported that According to future capital rules will allow the Group to achieve a core capital ratio of approximately 14 percent and remove a major source of uncertainty .. This has led many investors to throw their cards, leading to a strong decline share ...

Let's take a careful look at the motion .. The share despite the loss reserves in the medium term trend positive as the oscillator Senkou Span A (blue line 26 days.) Continues to move above the oscillator Senkou Span B (red line 52 sin.) ...

EU Economy - Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4% in the euro area (EA19) - Greece recorded negative growth (-1.2%) - Eurostat

Press Release -  GDP and main aggregates estimate for the fourth quarter of 2016 

GDP up by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU28 +1.7% and +1.9% respectively compared with the fourth quarter of 2015 

Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.5% in the EU28 during the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the third quarter of 2016, GDP grew by 0.4% in both zones. 

Θετικό κλίμα στην συνάντηση αντιπροσωπείας της ΕΕΤ με τον Klaus Regling (ESM) - Οι Ελληνικές Τράπεζες επανήλθαν σε οργανική κερδοφορία παρά το δυσμενές περιβάλλον λειτουργίας και διατηρούν επαρκείς κεφαλαιακούς δείκτες και απόθεμα προβλέψεων ..-

Δελτίο Τύπου - Συνάντηση εκπροσώπων της Ελληνικής Ένωσης Τραπεζών με την ηγεσία του Ευρωπαϊκού Μηχανισμού Σταθερότητας

Συνάντηση με τον επικεφαλής του Ευρωπαϊκού Μηχανισμού Σταθερότητας (ESM), κ. Klaus Regling είχε σήμερα στο Λουξεμβούργο αντιπροσωπεία της Ελληνικής Ένωσης Τραπεζών (ΕΕΤ) εκπροσωπούμενη από τον Πρόεδρο του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου κ. Νικόλαο Καραμούζη, τον Αντιπρόεδρο κ. Βασίλειο Ράπανο, τον Πρόεδρο της Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής κ. Σπυρίδωνα Παπασπύρου, τη Γενική Γραμματέα κα Χαρίκλεια Απαλαγάκη, και τον Πρόεδρο της Επιτροπής CFO κ. Βασίλειο Ψάλτη. 

USA Economy - U.S. consumers spent the most for transportation and healthcare. Japanese consumers had the highest share of spending for food. Consumers in the United Kingdom spent the most for housing and clothing.. - bls

Publication - Consumer spending in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan  - MARCH 06, 2017

In 2014, U.S. consumers spent 18.7 percent of their total spending on transportation, which was nearly twice as much as Japanese consumers. U.S. consumers spent 8.8 percent on out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures, which was more than 5 times higher than the percentage for consumers in the United Kingdom.

Δημιουργείται η εντύπωση ότι οι συνεχείς παρατάσεις της παραχώρησης των μετοχών της ΟΛΘ ΑΕ είναι προσχηματικές με τελικό στόχο τη ματαίωση της παραχώρησης.. - ΣΕΒΕ

Δελτίο Τύπου - 

Άμεση ανάγκη πλοηγών στο λιμάνι Θεσσαλονίκης – Καμία άλλη καθυστέρηση στην παραχώρηση 

Την ανάγκη άμεσης κάλυψης των κενών οργανικών θέσεων πλοηγών αλλά και την αύξησή τους στο λιμάνι Θεσσαλονίκης ζητά με επιστολή του στον Υπουργό Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής ο Σύνδεσμος Εξαγωγέων Βορείου Ελλάδος.

EU Economy - The ECB buys a range of assets including government bonds, securities issued by European supranational institutions, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities and covered bonds at a pace of €80 billion per month..- From April 2017 they will amount to €60 billion on average.. - ECB

NEWS Release - Asset purchase programmes

Expanded asset purchase programme

The expanded asset purchase programme (APP) includes all purchase programmes under which private sector securities and public sector securities are purchased to address the risks of a too prolonged period of low inflation.

Συνεχίζεται η αναδιάρθρωση της ΕΤΕ - Ολοκληρώθηκε η πώληση της South African Bank of Athens («SABA»).. -

Δελτίο Τύπου - ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Α.Ε.  - Συμφωνία της Εθνικής Τράπεζας για την πώληση της South African Bank of Athens

Η Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος Α.Ε. («ΕΤΕ» ή η «Τράπεζα») ανακοινώνει στο επενδυτικό κοινό ότι υπεγράφη μεταξύ της ΕΤΕ και της AFGRI Holdings (PTY) Ltd («AFGRI») σύμβαση πώλησης του 99,81% των μετοχών της ΕΤΕ που κατέχει άμεσα ή έμμεσα στη θυγατρική εταιρεία της, South African Bank of Athens («SABA»). Η συναλλαγή αποτελεί μέρος του Σχεδίου Αναδιάρθρωσης της ΕΤΕ και ολοκληρώνεται σύμφωνα με τις σχετικές Δεσμεύσεις προς τη Γενική Διεύθυνση Ανταγωνισμού της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής.

EU Economy - The story of the ESM’s creation is a remarkable lesson in European integration - s. Financial assistance is granted in return for strict conditionality: bailout countries have to implement a series of reforms and budget cuts ..-

NEWS Release -  ESM welcomes report by Transparency International

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

Founded in 2012, the ESM has become a crucial actor in the EU’s economic governance: it sells bonds on behalf of the Eurozone as a whole, and finances EU financial assistance programmes for countries in need. With less than 200 staff, most of its operations outsourced to other institutions, and its highest governing body indistinguishable from the informal Eurogroup, this study by Transparency International EU shows the EU’s bailout fund has not received the attention it deserves. 

Μειώθηκε η συμμετοχή Ελλήνων και Ξένων επενδυτών στο Χ.Α.Α. τον Φεβρουάριο - Πωλητές εμφανίζονται οι Ξένοι επενδυτές, αγοραστές οι Έλληνες .. -

Δελτίο Τύπου - Μηνιαία Έκδοση ΑξΙΑnumbers

Ο Όμιλος Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών κυκλοφορεί το Μηνιαίο Στατιστικό Δελτίο του Φεβρουαρίου 2017. Τον Φεβρουάριο 2017 τα βασικά στατιστικά στοιχεία της αγοράς ήταν τα εξής:

Greek Economy - The Greek economy is at a turning point.. - Yannis Stournaras - Bank of Greece

NEWS Release  - Speech by the Governor of the Bank of Greece Yannis Stournaras at Delphi Economic Forum II: Greece and the euro area going forward  - Speaker: Yannis Stournaras

Ladies and Gentlemen, - It gives me great pleasure to be here today in Delphi to address an audience of such distinguished people, from academics to those involved in policy-making at the highest levels. In my speech, I want to focus on two main themes. First, Greece. What progress has been made? Where do we stand? What are the prospects for the economy not just over the short-to-medium term but also in the long term? 

The economies of the region (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe region (CESEE) all showed fairly strong growth in 2016, and that this is expected to continue in 2017. Banking developments have supported this positive outcome., - IMF

NEWS Release - Vienna Initiative: New Working Group on Capital Markets Union for CESEE Region - March 6, 2017

The Vienna Initiative has agreed to establish a Working Group on Capital Markets Union. This follows the European Union’s push to strengthen capital markets which will have a major impact on financing of investment and sustaining growth in the Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe region (CESEE).