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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s political parties have been looking at the May 25 European election results to understand whether there has been a decisive shift in public opinion that makes a SYRIZA or New Democracy win in a national vote more or less likely. Among the most interesting statistics produced over the past
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter remaining stable for the past five months, the interest rate on households’ new time deposits eased by 10 basis points (bps) to 2.71 percent in April, while the interest on corporate loans rose and remained well above the euro area average, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). This rate had
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicscollection for the bad practices of the past.
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May sees 48.7 pct rise in number of new cars in circulation
EconomyMacroeconomyloans, which consist the bulk of consumer credit disbursements over the past few months. Today’s
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe past few days. His background, though, matches that of the outgoing Yannis Stournaras
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Greek May CPI falls 2 pct in one of biggest drops for more than a year
EconomyMacroeconomydeflationary reading in the past 15 months. Following a drop of CPI by 0.9 percent in 2013 for the first time
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IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammeon past wage cuts and property levies, the uncertain impact of new tax policy initiatives
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Industrial Production Index in negative territory for the year, at -2.2 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek Industrial Production Index (IPI) fell 2.2 percent in April following a downward revised 2.7 percent drop posted in March, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). This is the eleventh negative reading over the past 16 months. Electricity production was the only
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As Bank of Greece lines up Stournaras to take over, it reveals how risky things got during crisis
EconomyMacroeconomyon demand of bank notes and deposit outflows over the past five years, particularly during crucial
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Greek Q1 unemployment remains at record quarterly high of 27.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomylooking for a job who have never worked in the past) that stood at 23 percent, implying a slight
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