Greek voters will cast ballots for third time this year on Sept. 20, with polls showing that Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza party enjoys a narrow lead over main opposition New Democracy.
- Greek election poll of polls here
- Here’s a list of key dates ahead for Europe’s most indebted state:
- Sept. 14: Tsipras, Meimarakis face off in television debate
- Sept. 16: European Central Bank Governing Council non- monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt; governors to review Emergency Liquidity Assistance ceiling for Greek lenders
- Greece needs to repay ~EU560m in IMF loans
- Greece to auction EU1b in 13-week t-bills
- Sept. 17: General Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt
- Hellenic Statistical Authority releases 2Q unemployment figures
- Sept. 18: EU1.6b t-bills redemption
- Greece needs to service ~EU14m in interest on bonds issued by the sovereign and the Athens Urban Transportation Organization
- Greek election campaign ends; cut-off day for last opinion polls, party rallies
- Sept. 20: Greek parliamentary elections; polls open at 7am and close at 7pm; exit polls to be broadcast at 7pm; Greek interior ministry expected to release first result projection by 9:30pm
- Sept. 21: Bank of Greece releases July current account balance reading
- Greece needs to repay ~EU335m in IMF loans
- Sept. 30: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases July retail sales reading
- End-Sept: Greek authorities are required to finalize a medium-term technical assistance plan with the European Commission for the implementation of structural reforms included in its bailout. For a full list of conditions Greece needs to fulfill by end-Sept, see here
- Oct. 1: Markit releases Sept. Manufacturing PMI reading
- Oct. 5: Eurogroup meeting in Brussels
- Oct. 6: EU finance ministers meet
- Oct. 7: ECB Governing Council non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt
- Oct. 8: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases July unemployment reading
- Oct. 9: Aug. industrial production, Sept. inflation data released
- EU1.4b in t-bills comes due
- Oct. 13: Greece needs to repay ~EU447m in IMF loans
- Oct. 15-16: EU leaders summit in Brussels
- Mid-Oct: Greece needs to agree with its creditors on a supplementary 2015 budget, the draft 2016 budget and a 2016–19 Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy, which will include pension and benefits cuts, income tax overhaul, defense spending cuts, and news taxes, including on gambling and television adverts
- Oct. 16: EU1b in t-bills come due
- Oct. 21: Bank of Greece releases Aug. current account reading
- Oct. 22: ECB Governing Council monetary policy meeting in Malta followed by Draghi press conference
- Greece needs to service ~EU210m in interest
- Oct. 29: Greece needs to service ~EU180m in principal and interest for Hellenic Railways Organization bonds coming due
- Oct. 30: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Aug. retail sales reading
- End-Oct: Bank of Greece must deliver a report on the segmentation of NPLs on banks’ balance sheets and an assessment of banks’ capacity to deal with each NPL segment
- Nov. 1: Greece needs to service ~EU155m in interest on IMF loans
- Nov. 2: Markit releases Oct. manufacturing PMI
- Nov. 4: ECB Governing Council non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt
- Nov. 6: Greece needs to roll over EU1.4b in t-bills
- Nov. 9: Eurogroup meeting in Brussels
- Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Sept. industrial production reading
- Nov. 10: Ecofin meeting in Brussels
- Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Oct. inflation reading
- Nov. 12: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Aug. unemployment rate reading
- Nov. 13: Hellenic Statistical Authority to release 3Q GDP flash estimate
- Greek sovereign debt rating published by Fitch
- Greece needs to roll over EU1.4b in t-bills
- Nov. 18: ECB Governing Council non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt
- Nov. 20: Greek debt rating may be published by Moody’s
- Bank of Greece releases Sept. current account balance reading
- Nov. 27: Hellenic Statistical Authority to release 3Q GDP final estimate
- Nov. 30: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Sept. retail sales
- Dec. 1: Markit releases Nov. manufacturing PMI
- Dec. 3: ECB Governing Council monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt followed by Mario Draghi press conference
- Dec. 7: Eurogroup meeting in Brussels
- Greece needs to repay ~EU298m in IMF loans
- Dec. 8: Ecofin meeting in Brussels
- Dec. 10: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Sept. unemployment rate, Oct. industrial production, Nov. inflation readings
- Dec. 11: Greece needs to roll over EU3.6b in t-bills
- Dec. 16: ECB Governing Council non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt
- Greece needs to repay ~EU560m in IMF loans
- Dec. 17: EU leaders begin summit in Brussels
- Hellenic Statistical Authority releases 3Q unemployment data
- General Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt
- Dec. 18: Second day of EU leaders meeting in Brussels
- Dec. 21: Bank of Greece releases Oct. current account balance reading
- Greece needs to repay ~EU335m in IMF loans
- Dec. 31: Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Oct. retail sales reading
- Deadline set in the country’s bailout for addressing capital shortfalls in Greek banks, following a stress test by the ECB which will have been completed by end- Oct.