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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Greek bond yields at post-PSI high as Athens bourse continues plunge

    Economy

    to recover more than half of its earlier losses in the last 1.5 hour of trading. It is clear that investors... the 25 large cap stocks on Wednesday. However, the banking index has tumbled by more than 30 percent... in the bond market with the 3-year Greek government bond yield climbing by more than 1.5 percentage

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  8. Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
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    Agora

    stagnation, seem far more important than the loss associated with the debt restructuring. The second key point of SYRIZA's electoral agenda is the abandonment of austerity that, albeit less stringent than... be significantly larger than in the case of restructuring. Then, probably more important, because Grexit would

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  9. Review completion and SMP redemptions will decide Greece's QE eligibility
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    EconomyProgramme

    20 percent will be taken on by the ECB. The ECB will not buy more than 33 percent of the issuer’s... is lower given the ECB’s SMP holdings of more than 25 billion. In addition, following the PSI and debt... with a cash value of more than 21 billion euros as of March, the gradual lack of renewal of interbank repos

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  10. Why Greece’s ‘also ran’ parties are crucial
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    Agora

    million votes, or some 19 percent of the total. Taken together, that made them more successful than New... of them who could afford to run again took 368,277 votes, or almost 6 percent. That was more than the communist KKE received and just less than Democratic Left, which won 17 seats. This time round

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