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Greece's finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, believes his country's dilemma about whether to pay the price and stay in the euro is a moment of destiny; but a Greek exit – "Grexit", as it is being called – would send shockwaves throughout the world economy.
There's talk of an exit – but default would have catastrophic consequences 2012
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"We think that the costs of Grexit to the rest of the euro area would be moderate, as we expect post-Grexit exit fear contagion would be contained by policy action,"
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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"Grexit would effectively start with the urgent passage of a currency law through an emergency decree by the Greek government of the day," they added.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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Grexit to 50 per cent over the next year and a half.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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"We think that the costs of Grexit to the rest of the euro area would be moderate, as we expect post-Grexit exit fear contagion would be contained by policy action,"
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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Grexit to 50 per cent over the next year and a half.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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Grexit would be voluntary, but it might well be triggered by diminished willingness on the part of the Troika to bend the rules to allow it to continue to pay out the tranches under the Greek Troika program.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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"Grexit would likely take place in a context where Greece is no longer willing to make the minimum efforts necessary to be judged to be in compliance with the fiscal and structural reform demands of the Troika," the Citigroup observers said.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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"Grexit would effectively start with the urgent passage of a currency law through an emergency decree by the Greek government of the day," they added.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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Grexit would be voluntary, but it might well be triggered by diminished willingness on the part of the Troika to bend the rules to allow it to continue to pay out the tranches under the Greek Troika program.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2012
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A pair of Citigroup economists first used the term ‘Grexit’ in February 2012, to refer to the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone.
How Brexit changed the English language Christine Ro 2023
qms commented on the word Grexit
The Greek euro exit is the speculated withdrawal of Greece from the Eurozone. This is known as Grexit, a slang term introduced in 2012 in world business trading. It is a portmanteau combining the wods Greek Euro Area exit. The term was introduced by Citigroup's Chief Analysts Willem H. Buiter and Ebrahim Rahbari on 6 February 2012. Wikipedia
See also grexit.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word Grexit
Dear qms, the world's corpus of Grexit limerick literature is, simply put, a bad gateway.
December 30, 2014
qms commented on the word Grexit
Though Austerians refuse to accept it
The voters of Greece may elect it.
At long last they’re gagging
On smug finger wagging
And heading en masse for the Grexit.
December 31, 2014
bilby commented on the word Grexit
Capital!
January 1, 2015
hugovk commented on the word Grexit
Greek exit from the EU or euro.
The Guardian, January 2015:
March 4, 2015