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BoG report highlights economic challenges, proposes way forward
Economy. The uncertainty over the long-term sustainability of Greek debt is reflected in borrowing rates... as domestic savings cannot match the investments needed for higher growth rates Strengthening of institutions independence and the rule of law as strong institutions lead to robust growth rates and higher
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Structural considerations for a prosperous Greece
Agorahas higher fertility rates than other euro zone countries). Further afield, Africa is the world’s... to note the global context. On average countries with faster demographic growth rates are also likely to record faster headline real GDP growth rates. This may affect political and economic competition
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Greece - On the importance of productivity growth
AgoraPissarides Report also aim at achieving higher productivity rates. Together with the financial... the annual growth rates in real GDP per capita have been since 1950 in Greece, and what... are calibrated on expected growth rates that are higher than potential, then Greece risks getting into a new
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsis prompting a search for ways to boost vaccination rates among students and teaching staff and offer reassurance to concerned parents of younger pupils. While national Covid-19 infection rates have been... by the dominance of the Delta variant accompanied by low vaccination rates among the population in general
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek Politicsput forward by experts and hospital sources of long waiting lists for ICU beds and high death rates... incidence rates of Covid appear to be falling, official data show that hospital admissions... for this phase. Occupancy rates in Covid ICUs nationwide is approaching 98 pct, while for ordinary Covid beds
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agorablogs. The productivity growth rates in the official documents are much higher than in our blogs... levels well below the better performing countries this implies that the growth rates for future..., as explained below. [3] Potential growth rates of 0.6 percent a year does not mean that Greece could
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On monetary policy and inflation targeting
Agora, real interest rates are determined by the nominal policy rate and (a constant) 2 percent expected... of a quarter point in policy rates send the unambiguous signal that prices are overshooting, which needs... attack from two sides: fiscal dominance as politicians want to be bailed out with low interest rates
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PASOK pushes back against PM's refusal to tax excess bank profits
PoliticsGreek Politicsis high, the gap between lending and deposit rates is higher in Greece than elsewhere. “Banks have.... The government has been pressing banks to lower their loan rates and increase deposit rates to address... that is burdened by high interest rates and charges as well as rising prices. SYRIZA Ahead of the first meeting
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
was noted in social security funds (SSFs) with an annual fall of 1.06 billion euros, bringing the total... a surplus of 639 million. Increases were noted in extrabudgetary funds where the total rose by 163... governments, a rise of 143 million euros was seen, taking the total to 326 million. Overall, the state budget
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
rates of the 195 billion euro debt owed to the EU. This corresponds to 61 percent of the outstanding... interest rates and maturity extension, similar to the measures the eurozone could adopt in line.... The credit crunch in the Greek real economy is not only the result of rising interest rates for medium
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