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Credit growth accelerates to 3.2 pct in May, led by loans to businesses
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PBO urges continued fiscal discipline amid growing instability
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Rising bond yields a concern, but not an immediate fiscal problem
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OECD finds tax cuts linked to pandemic helped reduce wedge on labour
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Reopening of 7-year bond affirms tougher conditions on sovereign debt market
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S&P moves Greece closer to investment grade, puts focus on budget and growth
Covid recession bumped pension spending to 18 pct of GDP in 2020
Total age-related expenditure amounted to 26.4 percent of gross domestic product last year, according to figures in the Finance Ministry’s Stability Programme.
Pension spending rose to 18 percent of gross domestic product in 2020 as the economy shrank and various court decisions cancelled prior cuts, leading to backpay for hundreds of thousands of pensioners.
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