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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
substantially from a previous 1 percent to 2.5 percent. However, the Fund revise downward its GDP growth... Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.1 percent in September after an increase of 1 percent in August.... Additionally, the last time that the CPI went above 1 percent was in November 2017. The average CPI
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammethat is along the lines of the draft plan submitted to Greek Parliament on October 1, which includes a scenario in which the 1 percent of GDP in pension cuts agreed with the institutions are applied... on October 1 and the plan that will be sent to Brussels is that the Finance Ministry will detail
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
Economyof the reduction, which will start from January 1. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos indicated during... of the corporate tax rate. The latter is due to come down from 29 to 28 percent next year and then by 1... that the institutions expect to occur next year if pension spending is not reduced by 1 percent of GDP
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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens had succeeded in cancelling the 1 percent reduction in pension spending, which was due... of SYRIZA (30.5 percent vs 21.5 percent), which means the gap between the two has narrowed by just 1... grown by 1 point since the company’s last survey in July. The polling company also notes a slight
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Eurobank to merge with Grivalia Properties and create SPV to cut bad loans
EconomyBankingthat is expected to increase the bank’s capital value by 1 billion euros. The deal will take the form... ordinary shares for every 1 Grivalia ordinary share, while Eurobank shareholders will retain...) and pre-provision income of 1 billion (0.28 euros per share) based on nine-month results. Around 30
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
in coming years Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) GDP grew by 1 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ... from 4.76 million in August. GDP growth of 1 pct seen QoQ in Q3 In current prices, the increase YoY... percent QoQ. Greece’s GDP grew by 1 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of this year according
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General govt primary cash surplus at 6.68 bln in October, arrears rise by 9 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy(+1 million). At 30.5 percent, arrears of SSFs made up the majority of arrears during the month... and came to 2.38 billion euros, or under 1 percent of the total. Guarantees The stock of gg... billion, rising by 3 million, while non-gg entities fell by 1 million. Bank-related guarantees fell
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
by a fall in the number of unemployed by around 34,200 quarter-on-quarter, keeping the figure under 1... and fishing. CPI up by 1 pct in November Latest reading marks eight consecutive months of price rises... Price Index (CPI) rose by 1 percent in November from a rise of 1.8 percent in October, ELSTAT data
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Athens poised to unveil new minimum wage as post-MoU review continues
EconomyProgramme, the IMF maintains its long standing position that growth will retract to just above 1 percent, when... will then be issued by Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou so the new minimum wage can be implemented from February 1... minimum wage up to around 630 euros from February 1.
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Athens eyes implementation of name deal as Skopje homes in on NATO membership
PoliticsForeign Policy1, paragraph 1 (a) of the Agreement, which foresees "the technical transitional period shall relate... in accordance with Article 1 (3) shall commence at the opening of each EU negotiating chapter
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