European creditors on Wednesday pulled a recently announced debt relief package for Greece in protest at subsequent budget spending measures announced by Athens. At a meeting of the eurozone’s 19 finance ministers, Greece’s creditors offered some immediate debt help to Greece. They include smoothing some of Greece’s repayments to prevent debt humps and a…
A statement by the countrys international creditors Thursday denounced the governments controversial Christmas bonus payment for low-income pensioners but left a window of hope that the crisis will be overcome by leaving the decision for short-term relief measures to eurozone countries. Euro-area member-states will decide how to proceed with the short-term debt measures agreed in…
The news is the latest development in a long-running and increasingly ugly dispute over measures to ease Greeces massive debt burden and the strict fiscal targets the country needs to meet to receive it. Yesterday, the European Stability Mechanism, which finances Greeces third 86bn bailout deal, announced that it would be putting plans for debt…
While the Bank of Canada said Thursday the probability of an economic shock materializing remains low, it noted that such an event could have significant consequences. (AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOTO) By Andy BlatchfordThe Canadian Press Thu., Dec. 15, 2016 OTTAWAThe Bank of Canada is expecting new mortgage rules to help ease a continued rise in household…
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European creditors have pulled a recently announced debt relief package for Greece in protest at subsequent budget spending measures announced by Athens. Greek stocks fell sharply and the governments borrowing rates jumped higher as investors fretted over a potential flare-up in the countrys bailout problems and the possibility of early elections in the country. The…
ATHENS European creditors on Wednesday pulled a recently announced debt relief package for Greece in protest against subsequent spending measures announced by Athens. Greek stocks fell sharply and the government’s borrowing rates jumped as investors fretted over a potential flare-up in the country’s bailout problems and the possibility of early elections in the country.…
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption A Greek pensioner at a protest against pension cuts in Athens last month The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has refused to back down over his plans to give poor Greek pensioners a pre-Christmas bonus. A government official said Mr Tsipras would ask parliament on Thursday to approve the payment,…
By: AP | Athens | Published:December 15, 2016 4:09 am Workers in the countrys health sector staged a protest against governments planned reforms which will affect their sector. (Source: AP) European creditors on Wednesday pulled a recently announced debt relief package for Greece in protest at subsequent budget spending measures announced by Athens. Greek stocks…