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  1. Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
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    Agora

    and the ups and downs of the business cycle. After weakness, the economy may be expected to speed up. After strength, it may be expected to slow down. It is the average trend over the ups and downs... of the 2010s, but this was of course an unusual episode. Most countries have seen a slowing in labor

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  2. Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
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    Agora

    Countries can get caught up in the hamster wheel of daily noise. The cyclical ups and downs can... growth rebound after the Corona pandemic. As Table 2 demonstrates, because of unusual shocks...), this would yield a structural nominal GDP growth rate of around 2.5 percent a year. The unusual cycle

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  3. Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Monday, Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos came under fire from opposition parties over... to show understanding for some of Turkey’s claims in the Aegean make Tsafos unsuitable to hold such a sensitive post. Tsafos, who had previously served as Mitsotakis’s advisor on energy, was forced

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  4. Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
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    EconomyFeatures

    the number of new start-ups was virtually unchanged from the year before, according to data from..., a decrease of 22.7 percent from the 48,290 closures of 2019. New start-ups dipped just 0.05 percent... the biggest decrease, at 28.1 percent. For start-ups, there were big decreases in 2020 on the islands

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  5. For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
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    Agora

    Now that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...

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  6. Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021

    Newsletters

    PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...

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  7. HCAP and Finance Ministry reveal five-year strategic plan for public assets

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    the control of HCAP, which include power firm PPC, water company EYDAP and public transport organisation OASA... and opportunities, with long-term and short-term goals for each company. Regarding OASA, for example, HCAP

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  8. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    where an obstacle course of determined interest groups, non-cooperative civil servants, serpentine

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  9. Pandora's box ajar for Turkey and Greece?
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    Agora

    territory resulted in the expulsion of the Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan

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  10. From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
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    Agora

    advisor, Nikos Tsafos, who posted recently on LinkedIn, “that’s why we are so keen to expand our

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