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Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
Agoravaccine when Sinovac-Coronavac was widely available at every vaccination centre. Anecdotal as they may... abroad may be subject to stricter quarantine requirements, or may be barred entry if travelling... vaccines may, in turn, influence how Albanians feel about them. To give just one example, in March
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Economic sentiment drops by 3.7 pts in June as all components deteriorate
EconomyMacroeconomy, following a recovery of 2.9 points in May, according to European Commission figures released on Wednesday... hit its most recent low in May 2020 following the outbreak of the pandemic, dropping to 84.3. The EU... area’s ESI was 104 points, down by one point from May. The recovery in Greece’s consumer confidence
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agoragrowth. Thus, compared to the outlook in 2018, Greece may expect somewhat higher employment levels... behind the 2018 Path that was envisaged. We may summarize that the compounded growth rate... (this assumes that an improvement will still come). We may now label the previous aspirational
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Newsletter 379 - 05/05/2023
PoliticsND’s position strengthens as voting day approachesAs Greece moves closer to the May 21... of a SYRIZA-led coalition being formed after May 21. ND also received a boost this week when the Supreme... with a further incentive to seek a second national vote even if he emerges victorious on May 21
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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
to the tactics which brought it a vast margin of victory on May 21 in the hope that they will secure... and having to work with others. The stability versus uncertainty dilemma served ND well on May 21 but, since.... On the eve of the May 21 elections, the SYRIZA campaign was thrown into disarray by claims
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ND moves to squeeze votes out of fringe parties, aided by infighting
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the intentions stated in the poll. These include the two surprise stories of the May elections, Plefsi..., holding on to 96 percent of its voters from May, while at the opposite end of the spectrum MeRA25, which was voted out of Parliament in May, only manages to retain 45 percent. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s
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Economic sentiment approaches pre-Ukraine war high, consumer confidence highest since 2021
EconomyMacroeconomy0.6-point drop in May, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Sentiment has.... The index hit its most recent low in May 2020 following the Covid outbreak, dropping to 84.4. Over... area’s ESI was 95.3 points, also down from the 96.4 points of May. June’s consumer confidence
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoraand the ups and downs of the business cycle. After weakness, the economy may be expected to speed up. After strength, it may be expected to slow down. It is the average trend over the ups and downs... optimistic in general, which may reflect optimism bias as they have skin in the game (political systems feel
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A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
Agorato 2022-Q3, real GDP increased by 2.1 percent. This means that real GDP may grow by 2 percent or slightly..., or incipient weakness, there may emerge thoughts that “monetary policy is too tight,” or the government should... attention may then shift to other levers in the toolbox, rather than always thinking of credit and fiscal
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
for stability. New Democracy may take comfort in the lack of a strong challenger, but its own... officials hinted that SYRIZA may need to fold into a broader leftist front. In his closing speech.... Greece is still struggling to fully tame inflation and the latest data for May sees the national
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