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Q1 GDP virtually unchanged with just 0.04 pct QoQ growth, investments drop sharply
EconomyMacroeconomyby 0.7 percent. Exports of goods were down by 0.8 percent QoQ and services exports decreased by 2 percent. Imports of goods dropped by 0.03 percent and services were up by 2 percent. Compared to Q1 2024... in 2025. In its latest WEO released in April, the IMF sees growth of 2 pct in 2025. In its latest
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Q2 GDP moderates further to 1.7 pct YoY as households spending slows
EconomyMacroeconomytaken H1 growth to just under 2 percent, which suggests stronger growth will be needed in H2... by 0.8 percent and services were down by 2 percent. Compared to Q2 2024, final consumption... in April, the IMF sees growth of 2 pct in 2025. In its latest economic outlook this month, the OECD
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
grew by 0.6 pct quarter-on-quarter and 2 pct compared to the same period last year. Growth over the first nine months averages 2 pct, and strong private spending during the festive season will be needed... to 2 pct in 2026, or slightly below, with Capital Economics the latest to predict 1.8 pct for next
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economyfiscal consolidation effort worth over 4 billion euros, or 2 percent of GDP. Following Asmussen’s comment, reports in the Greek media suggested that additional fiscal measures of between 2 and 3... promising there would be no new austerity measures in 2014, to find another 2 to 3 billion euros of savings
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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
Agorait grounded. Last week’s suggestion that Athens would have to find about 2 billion euros more... about 4 billion euros, or 2 percent of GDP, of measures and Samaras knows that convincing Greeks more... spending has been reduced to a drip feed. While there is still waste that can be addressed, finding 2
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsand International Monetary Fund, who are reportedly demanding an extra 2 billion euros in cuts next year... weeks have claimed that the troika wants another 2 billion euros to be found in 2014 but Greek media... eurocrats and troika whisperers, however, talk of €2 billion for 2014 budget. #Greece — Juergen Baetz
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agorain 2010 Greek sovereign debt was primarily held by German[2], French, Italian, Swiss and Japanese... today reach approximately 380 billion euro and correspond to a debt-to-GDP ratio of 208 percent! 2... and Gulati, Mitu: ‘The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy’, July 2013. [2] Some inconvenient truths
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economyreducing capital needs by 2 billion - the clarification on the inclusion of the capital boost... of 2 billion with press reports noting that 1-1.5 billion could be raised by an anchor investor... or other capital enhancement measures over the next 2 or 3 years without using the backstop facility
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Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
Society, with newly unemployed people aged 29–55 years covered for a maximum of 2 years. Rapidly increasing... of major depression, from 3•3 percent in 2008 to 8•2 percent in 2011, with economic hardship being a major... from 28•2 percent in 2007 to 30.4 percent in 2011, and a growing number receive inadequate nutrition
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingafter the bank announced in mid-November plans to initiate a capital increase of circa 2 billion... of these shares stands at high levels (10 percent with a 2 percentage point step-up every year after 2014... increase north of 2 billion euros, most likely including the cancellation of pre-emptive rights
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