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  1. Retail sales slip 0.1 pct in Dec, drop of 2.8 pct in 2015

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    growth rates were recorded in clothing and footwear (+15.2 percent) and books, stationery and other... due to the Christmas period. Almost all store categories posted strong growth rates month on month

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  2. Car sales down 17 percent in February

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent in 2013. Despite the growth rates posted in the past three years, the sector still records... the 2008 figure of 347,354. The double-digit growth rates in the last two years largely reflected renewal

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  3. Turnover in the tourism sector falls 8 pct in Q4, first negative reading since Q1 2013
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , which now show much slower growth rates. The Q4 reading indicates the first negative reading since Q1... percent to 583 euros. The breakdown of the incoming tourist flow displayed double-digit growth rates

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  4. Greece and lenders hold inconclusive talks on tax and pensions
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    EconomyProgramme

    (15/20) for those with 15 working years. 2) On pension replacement rates, the mission chiefs are requesting lower rates for those with less than 20-25 working years and higher for 25-40 years compared

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  5. Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016

    Newsletters

    reportedly agreed on a new income tax scale and an increase in solidarity levy tax rates.... In addition, rental income will be taxed with higher rates, as is foreseen in the third memorandum

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  6. Range of issues unresolved as programme talks resume in Athens

    EconomyProgramme

    replacement rates for those with less than 25 working years and higher for those with more years. Other... euros per year the current tax rates would have to increase. In addition, the government

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  7. Travel receipts rebound 8.2 pct in March, but surplus drops 3.6 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    -digit growth rates in arrivals from the UK (+37.3 percent), the US (+34.6 percent), France (+28.8... in Q1, while strong growth rates were recorded in arrivals from Russia (+134.9 percent), the US (+28.9

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  8. Access to finance remains far bigger problem for Greek SMEs compared to euro area peers

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    countries reported a decline in bank lending rates, SMEs in Greece as well as in Ireland reported an increase in those rates for the six-month period ending March 2016. The survey also displayed

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  9. Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
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    Agora

    the significant reduction in interest rates and, accordingly, interest payments on the public debt... percent per annum could be too optimistic. And growth rates of around one percent or less is all too

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  10. Building activity decreases at slower pace of 5.3 pct in April

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    time, the building surface and volume continued heading south at double-digit rates decreasing by 11... surface and volume posted higher drop rates of 17.9 and 16.3 percent respectively. Building permits

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