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Moody's ups GGB rating by two notches, on par with S&P and Fitch
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Return to investment grade overshadowed by flood destruction
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Scope Ratings second to give Greece investment grade as attention turns to key players from Sep
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New 15-yr issuance and bond switch smooth maturity profile further, although at steep yield
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Bond re-opening with 4 pct yield completes debt strategy for year
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Fitch takes no rating action as fiscal continuity remains crucial to investment grade
OECD finds tax cuts linked to pandemic helped reduce wedge on labour

The Greek government came into office in 2019 promising tax cuts and the adoption of the Stability and Growth Pact escape clause by the eurozone during the pandemic allowed New Democracy to reduce the tax wedge on labour, along with 43 billion euros of Covid-related relief over 2020 and 2021.
According to the latest data monitored by the OECD in its Taxing Wages for 2022, Greece is one of the OECD countries that reduced the tax burden on incomes, primarily thanks to abolishing the solidarity levy on private sector incomes and the reduction b...
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