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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-01-31
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[01] NBG chief optimistic on banking system recovery
[01] NBG chief optimistic on banking system recovery
AMNA -- National Bank of Greece (NBG) president George Zannias expressed
reserved optimism for a recovery of the tranquility and liquidity of the
Greek banking system, which will enable it to contribute to the country's
growth efforts, during a meeting with President of the Republic Karolos
Papoulias on Thursday.
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; Asked by the President how the banks are doing,
Zannias replied that deposits are returning to the Greek credit
institutions, while recapitalization is progressing and the economic
climate was gradually changing.amna
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; The banks, he added, would "soon enter the heart
of the country's growth effort".
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; Papoulias said he anticipated that major projects,
which together with related works, are expected to employ up to 100,000
people, would be set in motion soon.amna
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; Zannias noted that capital
was gradually flowing into Greece, in cash for the time being, while
the spread government bonds has now fallen to 850-900 points, from 3,000
points in July 2012, while the Athens Stock Exchange index was now over
1,000 points.
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