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  1. 2014 is not 2012
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    Agora

    powerful and convincing than the fearsome IMF. As Greece's latest review drags on after a series... than 18 billion for interbank repos. There is the possibility of redesigning liquidity operations... that circumstances relating to the country’s banking system today are different than they were a few years

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  2. Greek unemployment falls for seventh straight month, down to 25.7 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 740,000, which is 2.5 times higher than five years ago. The NSA figures showed a slower growth..., implying a drop by more than 7 pp YoY. However, it remains at extremely high levels, almost double... group remained stable YoY at 16 percent, almost 3.5 times higher than the 2009 figure. The breakdown

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  3. Greek primary cash surplus up to 2.61 bln at end of November

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    (BoG). This corresponds to a fiscal adjustment of more than 6.6 billion euros year on year (YoY). In November, the primary cash deficit reached 274 million euros, some 500 million lower than last year... figure of 2.82 billion. This is 713 million lower than the 3.53 billion recorded in the preliminary

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  4. Bank of Greece sees growth at 0.7 pct in 2014, NPLs up to 34.1 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a slighter deterioration by more than 1 pp to 27.4 percent. For corporate NPLs (for loan amounts... to obligations to more than one banks, while are also past due for more than 3 years. BoG projects NPL ratio

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  5. Q3 unemployment falls to 25.5 pct, lowest since 2012, but long-term jobless reach new high
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    for a job who have never worked in the past) rose to 24 percent in Q3, also higher than last year’s figure of 23.8 percent. The number of ‘long-term’ (more than 1 year) unemployed declined for the second... of total employed with more than two thirds of part timers indicating that they could not find a full

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  6. How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
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    Agora

    of SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Democratic Left, to discuss an agreed solution was less than his role... employees. A few days before Christmas, Parliament passed a government amendment to rehire more than... the leftist party is doing anything more than paying lip service to the idea of breaking

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  7. Greek stocks, bond yields feel impact of Parliament's failure to elect president

    Economy

    of the session with the Athens Stock Exchange General Index dropping by more than 7 percent at the opening.... The 5-year bond yield passed the 10-percent. It reached 10.64 percent after a daily rise of more than 1.5 pp. Similarly, the 10-year yield showed an increase of more than 1 pp at the closing, rising to 9.58

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  8. Contraction in Greek credit eases slightly to 3 percent in November
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to 97.32 billion euros. Net deductions more than halved to 159 million in November from 355 million... to 69.59 billion with monthly net deductions dropping to 145 million from more than 200 million... with the troika is not clinched by the end of February than Greek banks may be forced to cover the state’s

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  9. Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    than twice the 11.4 billion euros the opposition party claimed. SYRIZA’s programme has four themes... who are earning less than 700 euros per month and scrap the special excise tax on heating fuel... to be more caring than previous governments are true. Restarting the economy SYRIZA suggests the formation

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  10. To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , though, it also attempts to present a more caring, less elitist face than the previous failed... media coverage than other smaller parties. Drasi always found it difficult to convince voters... government to be a coalition rather than single-party one. According to GPO, 38.3 percent of SYRIZA

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