• Greek banking system faces liquidity, capital adequacy challenges
  • Must complete capital increases by end of April 2013
  • Three large , well capitalised banks will remainafter bank capitalization is completed
  • Must speed up structural reforms
  • Debt cut deal opens way to economic recovery
  • Economy will start growing during 2014, perhaps sooner if reforms are speeded up
  • Economy will have shrunk about 24% over the course of 2008-2013 recession
  • Will recoup all the cost competitiveness it lost in 2001-2009 next year
  • Must focus on on containing recession, curb tax evasion and so lighten the ‘excessive’ burden place on the honest taxpayers

Bloomberg/Reuters reporting