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Speeches from Greece

22 Dec 2020
Yannis Stournaras: Welcome address - 4th ECB Simulation Conference

Welcome address by Mr Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece, at the 4th ECB Simulation Conference, organised by the "Get Involved" student initiative and supported by the Bank of Greece, the Department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus and the General Secretariat for Youth,11 December 2020.

22 Dec 2020
Yannis Stournaras: Paving the way for growth and financial stability in Greece and Europe

Speech by Mr Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece, at the 22nd Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum "Greece- Looking Ahead With Confidence", 15 December 2020.

09 Oct 2020
John Iannis Mourmouras: The pandemic crisis as a challenge - Greece the day after

Opening speech by Professor John Iannis Mourmouras, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece, at the IMN's Greek Banking & NPL Management Virtual Event, 9 September 2020.

11 Aug 2020
Yannis Stournaras: European and Greek economic developments and prospects

Speech by Mr Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece, at the online public discussion on "Trends in the European Economy and the prospects for Greece in a post Covid-19 world", organized by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE ) jointly with the Representation in Greece and Cyprus of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), 21 July 2020.

28 May 2020
Yannis Stournaras: The recent decision of the German Constitutional Court regarding the Public Sector Purchase Programme of the European Central Bank

Speech by Mr Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece, at the online discussion in the think tank "Circle of Ideas", 12 May 2020.

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Research from Greece

01.07.2019 Tonnage tax revisited: the case of Greece during a shipping crisis and an economic crisis period
01.07.2019 Central bank independence and inflation preferences: new empirical evidence on the effects on inflation
01.07.2019 The dog that didn't bark: the curious case of Lloyd Mints, Milton Friedman and the emergence of monetarism
01.06.2019 Housing wealth, household debt and financial assets: are there implications for consumption?
01.06.2019 Financing economic growth in Greece: lessons from the crisis
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