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Most Greeks negative about spending power in 2018
Societyrespondents expected to spend an average of 450 euros during the Christmas period, broken down between... during Christmas. However, the total sum in Greece fell by 2 percent, while the average across 10..., compared to an average of 9 percent. In terms of the total sum they estimated they would spend
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
with the coalition during the ballot on the 2018 budget in December. Her addition was seen... than fired during the month December's positive figure comes after two straight months... and Sewerage Company. For 2018, privatisation revenues are estimated at 2.74 billion. Regarding
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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturespatterns show some improvement but also some cause for concern. Spendthrift years During the 2000s... care system. The study observes that while positive steps were made during the crisis to rein... by an estimated 80 percent over the same period. In 2009, Greece was spending 6.1 billion euros
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
Societyarrivals in Greece up to May 6, 2018, including 3,032 in April and 1,013 during the first six days... March 2016 and March 2018. During the same period, a total of 39,650 final decisions were issued..., equivalent to half the estimated arrivals across all of 2017. The only reception centre in the area
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Banks on track with NPE targets in Q2 as sales play bigger role
EconomyMacroeconomy. During the quarter, corporate NPLs came to 32.4 billion euros, roughly 600 million lower than the target... quarter to 2.1 percent. Sales played a bigger role in NPE reduction during the quarter, with around 2... of 2019. Most of the estimated NPE and NPL reduction is back-loaded and is expected to be implemented
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ND aims to show progress at Eurogroup but QE unattainable for now
EconomyProgramme, as was emphasised by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his recent round of meetings with other... Working Group reportedly raised the matter during the last meeting of the technocrats that do... next year is a growth-friendly measure that will boost investment, thereby allowing its estimated
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Govt delivers diaspora vote, leads polls but receives Hellinikon complaint
PoliticsGreek Politicsof young Greeks left the country during the decade-long economic crisis before they registered... supporters. SYRIZA, though, will hope that most of the young Greeks who moved abroad during the crisis... of the last 35 years and must have submitted a recent tax declaration. It is estimated that as many
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will ensure public services do not come to a standstill during strikes and work stoppages. The move comes... is short of employees. As he made clear earlier in the year, during protests against changes to labour... dividend of 700 euros being handed out to 250,000 households. The total outlay is estimated at 175 mln
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Piecemeal process likely in drive for more fiscal space
EconomyProgrammeGentiloni clearly stating during his visit last week that Brussels will support Greece over its request.... In fact, during his interview with public broadcaster ERT, Gentiloni suggested that the reduction... be transferred from one year to the next. This will create an estimated 0.3 pct of GDP extra fiscal space. New
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Travel balance falls by 97.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomydecreased by 99.2 percent and came to 2.7 million. Foreign arrivals dropped by 96.2 percent during the month... to 18,500, while non-European visitors fell by 96.3 percent to 16,700. During the first four months... the standardised methodology. For the period 16 March-30 April, extrapolation factors were estimated
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