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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
calling elections in 2021, a year ahead of schedule. The interventions - 24 in total - announced... is estimated at 3.5 billion euros, with the bulk of that coming next year. The New Democracy leader prefaced... but is levied against public sector employees and pensioners earning more than 12,000 euros per year
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
. However, she called on Mitsotakis to explain why during meetings with party leaders last year he..., as the pandemic struck, with the largest drop seen in April last year when it dropped by 13.9 pct... pct year-on-year, followed by the manufacture of petroleum products at 58.2 pct, fully capturing
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Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order
EconomyMacroeconomythis year, 7.5 pct and 7.7 pct of GDP respectively. This is due to support initiatives that were introduced when the pandemic broke in March 2020 and ran for most part until the summer this year... of support last year between revenues and spending was 4.92 billion euros on lost revenues against 10.73
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IMF ups 2021 growth forecast to 6.5 pct, but keeps modest outlook for longer term
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-medium.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
EconomyMacroeconomygrowth this year. In last October’s WEO, Greece was seen growing by 4.1 pct in 2021, before revising... is seen growing by 6.5 pct in real terms this year, before slowing down to 4.6 pct growth in 2022. In Spring, next year’s growth was seen at 5 pct. In the medium-term, the Fund maintains a very modest
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Unemployment falls below 14 pct for first time since Oct 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyand the lowest figure since. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 16.9 percent. Year-on-year, the number of employed people increased by 226,985, with total employment surpassing... drop of 16.4 percent year-on-year. The inactive population decreased by 128,326 people year-on-year
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Sharp rise in employed as unemployment falls to 13 pct in Sep, lowest since Aug 2010
EconomyMacroeconomymonth last year, the unemployment rate was 16.5 percent. Greece has not seen an unemployment rate as low... unemployment rate in May 2008. Year-on-year, the number of employed people increased by 140,839 in September..., as the number for the unemployed amounted to 609,501. Unemployment recorded a sharp drop of 21.7 percent year
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Unemployment rate steady at 12.5 pct in Apr, employment continues to grow YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyon Wednesday. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 17.2 percent, although last year’s... low is a 7.1 percent unemployment rate in May 2008. Year-on-year, the number of employed people..., unemployment dropped below the 600,000-mark in April, it also did so in January this year, and in March
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
his first bid to impress and convince the Greek public ahead of next year’s general elections when... year), 150 million euros in subsidies for farmers and a 40 pct reduction in social security... that the next rise in the minimum wage would be due from May next year. Regarding the housing benefit
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Rising contributions spark concern in key voter groups
PoliticsGreek Politicsenvironment next year, the government is also facing another challenging balancing act as it will have raise... and employees. New Democracy has targeted a 2 pct of GDP primary deficit this year and, for the time being, remains committed to producing a 1 pct of GDP primary surplus next year. This will involve
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Newsletter 353 - 30/09/2022
to the electoral arithmetic that will decide the campaign leading up to next year’s votes. A steady stream... to go from 12.3 pct to 11.4 pct. Over the past year, Marc’s soundings show ND losing 2 points... the debt crisis and the impact of the pandemic. Although it refers to last year’s data, the composition
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