Bailout
Moody's warns against backtracking on reforms
Greece faces a number of economic and political risks that could derail the progress it has made in the past eight years and three bailouts, Moody's said in its analysis on the country in its weekly market outlook, dated August 23.
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Expectations in Greek industry improve in July
Business expectations in Greek industry improved in July as a result of a debt relief package agreed by eurozone member-states in June and government commitments that the country will continue to implement prudent fiscal policies after formally exiting the bailout programs on August 20, the country's most influential think tank, IOBE, said.
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Irresponsible and immature
Observers who have been watching Greece from a distance stress that one of its key problems has been the lack of consensus among the rival political parties.
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The limitations of IMF involvement
Greece has finally exited its bailout on Monday, after eight long years under EU-IMF supervision. Rather than being a success, however, its experience clearly demonstrates the limits of the International Monetary Fund's involvement in Europe's affairs.
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Come back, support Greece
We are caught between celebrations over Greece's "clean exit" from the bailout programs on one hand and, on the other, allegations that the country has effectively signed up to what can be considered a "fourth memorandum" and is headed to economic disaster.
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Cypriot FinMin: Greece 'has endless potential'
Cypriot Finance Minister Harris Georgiades welcomed Greece's completion of its third bailout on Monday, saying the country has an "endless potential" and should continue making the economy more competitive.
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Don't cheer Greece's bailout exit just yet
For once Europe has an exit to celebrate rather than dread. On Monday, more than eight years after its first eurozone bailout, Greece left its third financial rescue program. This is a welcome Grexit, but before popping open the champagne it's important to remember that Athens remains in thrall to its European creditors, who have failed to put the Greek economy on a sustainable footing.
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ESM's Regling: Greece under tight watch post-bailout
Greece will be more tightly monitored after it exits its bailout program than other eurozone countries that received similar loans, the head of the bloc's rescue mechanism told a Greek newspaper on Sunday.
Varoufakis: Greece should have gone bankrupt
Greece should have been allowed to go bankrupt and move on from the crisis, former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has told a German tabloid.
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IMF's Bob Traa to Kathimerini: Greek politicians failed to forge the necessary consensus
Bob Traa, the first International Monetary Fund representative in Greece after the country signed its first bailout program, has blamed the Greek political system for failing both to introduce the necessary reforms in the early stages of the program and to forge a degree of political consensus to deal with serious matters.