Bank of Greece Governor

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Editorial To Vima: Crucial crash tests

The coronavirus threat (the first case in Greece was identified today in Thessaloniki) poses a huge challenge to the National Health System and to what is ostensibly the government’s strong suit – the recovery of the Greek economy.

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Bank of Greece Governor calls for bad bank for NPL’s, fiscal discipline

“Now that we have an improvement in the terms of borrowing for the Greek state, one should expect an improvement of the terms of borrowing for Greek banks.  We may now have fewer banks, but they are stronger and the future belongs to them,” Stournaras declared.

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Stournaras: Danger of fiscal derailment from Tsipras’ stimulus package

Tsipras announced the package fewer than three weeks before local elections and European Parliament elections, which he has described as a vote of confidence in the government.