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Economy
Amidst a Slowdown, France Proposes a Plan for Growth
France is gearing up to propose a new “growth contract” with its eurozone trade partners, hoping to encourage more countries…
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Greece
With The OK From Europe, Greece Receives 1 Billion Euros For Debt Relief And Early IMF Repayment
Greece has just cleared a major hurdle, having gotten the go-ahead from the European Commission to receive 1 billion euros…
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Economy
As Malta’s Economy Thrives, Unemployment Drops, And Wages Rise – Slowly
An IMF report released recently, noted Malta’s improvements in the banking sector, along with its booming economy – all good…
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Portugal
Portugal’s Innovation Reduces Bad Bank Loans
Portugal’s sovereign debt crisis in 2011-2014 caused a rash of bad, or non-performing loans, which are loans either in default,…
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Portugal
Portugal Set to Repay IMF Loans By End of Year
Seven years after requesting a joint bailout from the EU and IMF, Portugal is now poised to repay the remaining…
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Malta
Malta is Eurozone’s Fastest Growing Economy During the First Half of 2018
The Eurozone’s smallest Member State was its fastest growing economy during the first six months of 2018. At over 5…
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Portugal
Banco de Portugal Takes Proactive Steps to Tighten Lending Rules
This summer new lending recommendations came into effect for Portuguese credit institutions. The decision to tighten credit lending in Portugal…
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Cyprus
Cypriot Credit Rating Gets an Upgrade From Fitch
Last week, Fitch announced that it had upgraded Cyprus’ Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from “BB” to “BB+”, meaning the country’s…
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Economy
IMF Confirms Portugal’s Economic Revival, But Calls for Increased Efforts to Maintain Growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published the results of its Sixth Post-Program Monitoring of Portugal at the end of February.…
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Cyprus
Unravelling the Keys to the Cypriot Macro-Turnaround
Harris Georgiades, Cyprus’s Minister of Finance, is taking a well-earned victory lap. After the eastern Mediterranean island’s near death experience…
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