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Three things to watch out for in today's Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent threshold to enter Parliament. The more votes that go to these parties, the less SYRIZA needs... percent, then the threshold for a SYRIZA majority would drop to around 37 percent. The odds are still
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ECB increases ELA limit for Greek banks in first positive signal since referendum
Economy. This was the first rise in the ELA threshold since the announcement of the referendum on June 26..., which is above the eligibility threshold. However, he stressed that the other key QE condition has
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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Agorato clear the 3 percent parliamentary threshold in other elections. The Supreme Court normally..., the threshold for the victorious party falls to 36.4. As neither of the two main parties, Syriza or New
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Bookmakers make minds up on SYRIZA election win
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 3-percent threshold and enter the Parliament, the betting odds on this event indicate there is only... for the Centrist Union to exceed the required threshold and enter the Parliament for the first time.
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Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
EconomyProgrammeof 0.1 percent on bank transactions above the 1,000-euro threshold aiming to fetch revenues of around 350... to favour a much sharper cut, even below the 50-percent threshold. Katrougalos is due to meet
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammethe 30,000 threshold (377 million). For salary-earners and pensioners the higher levy is already... euros and to 35 percent (from 33 percent) for annual income above this threshold. 7) Tax rate of 30
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economyare above the national pension of 384 euros. 4) A tax-free threshold will be applied for small... free threshold of 9,000 – 9,500 euros (from zero at the moment) will be applied to farmers’ total
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Greek bailout talks yet to conclude as start of IMF meetings approaches
EconomyProgrammeof disagreement relates to the level of the tax-free threshold, with the government sticking to its... of NPLs that could be exempted from NPL sales. The new threshold for SME NPLs has been slashed
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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicssettled, there was reportedly no progress on the dispute over the tax-free threshold for incomes... part in the talks proposed that the threshold should be lowered gradually to 8,182 by 2018. The Greek
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Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
EconomyProgrammereforms each yielding 1 percent of GDP. The key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold... of 8,182 euros. It is not clear at the moment whether a lower tax-free threshold would entail a change
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