Sunday, March 6, 2016

Η Ελληνική οικονομία εισήλθε σε νέο κύκλο υφέσεως στο δεύτερο εξάμηνο του 2015 ... ALPHA BANK

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Ελληνική Οικονομία



Διαβάστε ΕΔΩ το πλήρες Εβδομαδιαίο Οικονομικό Δελτίο

Η οικονομία εισήλθε σε νέο κύκλο υφέσεως στο δεύτερο εξάμηνο του 2015, καθώς τα στοιχεία που ανακοίνωσε η ΕΛΣΤΑΤ αυτήν την εβδομάδα επιβεβαιώνουν την επιδείνωση των οικονομικών συνθηκών.
 Η περιορισμένη υποχώρηση του ΑΕΠ, σε σχέση με την αρχικώς αναμενόμενη, οφείλεται στην σημαντική θετική συμβολή του εξωτερικού τομέα στο δεύτερο εξάμηνο 2015, κυρίως λόγω της ικανοποιητικής επιδόσεως του τουρισμού.

By early February, the probability of a rate hike in March had dropped from 50% to near zero, and even a June hike came to be regarded as unlikely....BIS

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2016       


Turbulence extends as markets focus on banks

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The ongoing financial turbulence against a weakening global backdrop gave way to a second phase of turbulence, in which markets focused on the possibility that central banks could drive interest rates further into negative territory and, in the process, add to the persistent weakness in bank profitability.


As turbulence rippled through emerging and advanced financial markets, the resulting flight to safety helped flatten yield curves in core bond markets. By late January, the term spread between the 10-year US Treasury bond and the three-month bill had dropped more than 50 basis points from the end of 2015 (Graph 6, left-hand panel) and the comparable spread for German bunds retreated by almost 40 basis points.

The deteriorating global backdrop and central bank actions nurtured market expectations of further reductions in interest rates and fuelled concerns over bank profitability...BIS

6 March 2016                                     Press Release

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2016

International banking and financial market developments  (USA)

The Federal Reserve's interest rate lift-off in December did little to disturb the uneasy calm that had reigned in financial markets in late 2015. But the new year had a turbulent start, featuring one of the worst stock market sell-offs since the financial crisis of 2008.
At first, markets focused on slowing growth in China and vulnerabilities in emerging market economies (EMEs) more broadly. Increased anxiety about global growth drove the price of oil and EME exchange rates sharply lower and fed a flight to safety into core bond markets. 

Η διαφορά απόδοσης μεταξύ των Ελληνικών 10-ετών και Γερμανικών ομολόγων (spread) υποχώρησε στις 1.039 μονάδες βάσης....ALPHA BANK

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Αγορές ομολόγων – Η πορεία του προγράμματος QE της ΕΚΤ

Ανοδικές τάσεις καταγράφηκαν σε εβδομαδιαία βάση στις ομολογιακές αγορές της Ευρωζώνης, ωστόσο την τρέχουσα εβδομάδα αναμένεται να επικρατήσουν σταθεροποιητικές τάσεις, καθώς οι επενδυτές θα προσπαθήσουν να διαπιστώσουν εάν θα καρποφορήσει η προσπάθεια σχηματισμού κεντρο-σοσιαλιστικής κυβέρνησης στην Ισπανία ή θα οδηγηθούμε σε νέα εκλογική αναμέτρηση. 
Σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, σύμφωνα με πρόσφατη έκθεση του οίκου αξιολόγησης Standard & Poor's, το δημόσιο χρέος αναμένεται να αυξηθεί το 2016 κατά 2% στα $ 42,4 τρισ., ενώ ό νέος δανεισμός να αγγίξει τα $ 6,7 τρισ. από $ 6,9 τρισ. το 2015.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Report of the latest Basel III monitoring exercise....BIS

March 2016                                    Press Release

Basel III Monitoring Report March 2016

This report presents the results of its latest Basel III monitoring exercise. The Committee established a rigorous reporting process to regularly review the implications of the Basel III standards for banks, and it has published the results of previous exercises since 2012. 


Data have been provided for a total of 230 banks, comprising 101 large internationally active banks ("Group 1 banks", defined as internationally active banks that have Tier 1 capital of more than €3 billion) and 129 "Group 2 banks" (ie representative of all other banks).

Ladies and gentlemen, yes, we are at a critical moment, but it is not the first one and we will have many more, as long as people continue to flee to our region. Neither Turkey nor Greece are at the root of this problem..Commissioner Avramopoulos

Brussels, 4 March 2016       SPEECH/16/590                  Press Release

Remarks of Commissioner Avramopoulos at the Press Conference on 4 March 2016 Ahead of the Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government on 7 March 2016

Dear all, Things have been moving quickly in the last few days – both on the ground, but also here.
As more than 10,000 people are stuck at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and hundreds continue to arrive, it is more than time for quick but also substantial actions. 

That is why we have presented an emergency humanitarian assistance instrument on Wednesday to support those Member States that are particularly affected by the refugee crisis.