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Despite marginal rise in Mar, Q1 trade deficit down 19 pct, exports up 17.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyeffect as the trade deficit had already started widening by the end of 2021. As a measure, the year
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Newsletter 381 - 19/05/2023
growth towards a peak of 39.1 pct rise in April last year. However, there is a base effect in the latest
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Emboldened Mitsotakis plans for Erdogan meeting, next step in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe political dominance of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Greece in the May 21 elections also means that he is also politically dominant within his New Democracy party, which could have a knock-on effect regarding his foreign policy approach. The emphatic nature of the May 21 victory means that Mitsotakis
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ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party
PoliticsGreek Politicsout to have a significant effect on the balance of power after the June elections. The numbers
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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsused fears of higher taxes to good effect in its bid to create doubt about SYRIZA economic programme
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Trade deficit narrows in April, though exports drop by 4.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy2022. In April 2022, the trade deficit was 2.79 billion euros. There is also a base effect
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Newsletter 384 - 09/06/2023
billion euros in the same quarter of 2020, before the pandemic took its full effect in the Greek economy
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Import price index falls for third straight month in Apr as energy prices contract by 35 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy, this year’s number has a significant base effect. Month-on-month, the index posted a drop of 0.7 percent
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Mitsotakis clinches big majority in second election, but small parties could complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe seen as a knock-on effect of the anti-vax movement that emerged in Greece during the Covid pandemic
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BoG sees 2.3 pct growth this year, urges reforms to restore per capita GDP to pre-crisis levels
EconomyMacroeconomyeffect and fiscal policy will not be expansionary as it was in the previous years with pandemic
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