Emerging Markets Special Focus Reports
    
    21 January 2015
    
        
        Ioannis Gkionis, Senior Economist of Eurobank    
 
    
        •              The economy is expected to remain in recession in 2015 as well undermined by very weak domestic demand, a less supportive external environment and the lasting impact from the catastrophic floods 
•	NBS stayed put in January factoring in both the external environment uncertainties, negative base effects from food prices and the impact of anticipated regulatory price hikes•	A new three year precautionary IMF agreement has been reached on the staff level and will be reviewed by the board in next February 
•	Rating agencies remain on hold in anticipation of the implementation results of the fiscal consolidation program and the tentative IMF agreement