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  1. Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
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    Agora

    continues to hang over all those involved. The problem is that each side’s particular concerns.... The Fund believes that Greek debt is on a “highly unsustainable path” (170 percent of GDP in 2020

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  2. Fitch upgrades Greek rating to 'B,' sees hybrid MoU exit and 2.1 pct growth this year
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    Economy

    . Combined with the highly concessional terms of servicing the public debt and the average maturity of 18 years, among the longest in all Fitch-rated sovereigns, it supports the agency’s positive outlook... that has Greece at Caa2, three notches behind. Greece’s debt remains highly speculative and needs five

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  3. Fitch raises Greece to 'BB,' two notches from investment grade, sees growth at 2.5 pct in 2020
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    Economy

    -performance highly contributed to the latest upgrade. In Fitch’s view the new government... maturity of 21 years makes it the longest in Fitch’s universe and with servicing costs of 6.2 percent... remains above the capital requirements, however it is highly vulnerable to asset quality, burdened

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  4. Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics

    Agora

    (Q) is the product of labor (L) and labor productivity (Q/L) => Q = L * (Q/L). Labor, or the number... demographics impacts the availability of labor (L). Population. Figure 1 refreshes the population baseline

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  5. SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the Mati wildfires in the summer of 2018 when he was interior minister. However, what is currently being... from single digits to the longest-lived government of the memorandum years and retained close

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  6. Newsletter 510 - 26/06/2026

    Newsletters

    Anna‑Michelle Asimakopoulou and former Interior Ministry secretary‑general Michalis Stavrianoudakis... is characterised by a “working harder for less” dynamic. Greek workers endure the longest usual

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  7. Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , a series of highly visible actions on the policing front are being seen as confirmation of the new... the poor impression created by the raids, the government spokesman released photos from the interior... the Interior Ministry to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, essentially defining it as a public order

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  8. Sharp increase for Greek bank provisions in Q2 due to capital shortfall highlighted by ECB

    EconomyBanking

    by 0.8 percent QoQ in both Q2 and Q3, leading the loan to deposit ratio (L/D) at 154 percent in Q3... percent to 31 billion, mainly reflecting Greek deposit outflows. The L/D ratio markedly deteriorated... euros in Q2, whilst deposits contracted by 8 percent to 55.68 billion bringing the L/D ratio to 112

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  9. Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
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    Agora

    growth is the sum of two variables: how fast is labor supply (L) growing (or falling), and how fast...] The latter variable is described as average labor productivity (Q/L). From historical data, we can see... in 2020. [1] Q is real GDP; Q = L * (Q/L). The growth rate of Q is the sum of the growth rates of labor

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  10. Rating agencies concur in improved prospects for Greece
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    Economy

    outlook despite remaining highly vulnerable to growth and fiscal shocks. The concentration of the debt... is amongst the longest of the sovereigns that Fitch rates. All three see the stock of debt declining

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