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  1. Capital controls trigger big rise in card use and VAT revenues, Bank of Greece data shows

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , the recent rise in the VAT rate is having a negative effect on VAT revenues and the BoG suggests

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  2. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
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    Agora

    this background, it is fanciful to expect structural reforms to deliver the kind of positive effect

    3%
  3. December retail sales seen down 2.5 pct amid tax onrush
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rebounded by 5.1 percent year on year. This also reflects a low base effect as last year’s figure

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  4. CPI stays flat in December, falls by 0.8 pct in 2016
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and footwear prices by 12.1 percent. This reflects, in part, a low base effect due to the interim sales

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  5. No fear of the bear? Bilateral economic relations between Germany and Russia
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    Agora

    of Western sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict which went into effect in Spring 2014

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  6. Disposable income drops by 2.3 pct in Q3 on sharp rise in taxes
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    for the first time since Q1 2010, also reflecting a low base effect in the wake of capital controls

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  7. Greek-Turkish relations set for turbulence after court rejects soldiers' extradition
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    has rejected these claims as unsubstantiated. There could also be a knock-on effect from the court

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  8. Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to make. Athens will look for incentives to counter-balance the effect of a compromise that until

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  9. Q4 GDP contracts 0.4 pct QoQ, growth of 0.3 pct in 2016
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    effect. The Q4 figure is the second successive positive reading. Following the Q4 performance

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  10. BoG sees chance of normality returning if review concludes swiftly
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    on the fiscal performance relate to uncertainties about the carry-over effect of the strong revenue

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