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  1. Crumbling Greek pension system threatens big fiscal gap, budget derailment
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    Economy

    deficit of 1.67 billion euros for 2015, more than 700 million worse than the 968 million budgeted last year. The ministry indicates that this mainly reflects lower than expected social security... for retirees who have been insured with more than one fund. This is one of the key reasons

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  2. Marked rise in expenditure leads to a budget primary deficit in Nov

    Economy

    surplus reached 4.35 billion euros, which is 21.9 percent higher than last year and 1.7 billion better than the target. The year to date outperformance mainly stems from lower primary expenditure... billion euros, 32.3 percent lower than last year and 1.77 billion better than target. It is also

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  3. Primary surplus beat target in 2015 on higher revenues and restrained spending
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    Economy

    marked by lower than expected primary expenditure by 626 million as well as higher than targeted Public... higher than target. Despite dropping by 294 million to 3.18 billion (1.8 percent of GDP), property... billion, 448 million lower than target. As a result, net revenues remained almost unchanged (-0.1

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  4. Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016

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    will be less wavering in his search for a deal with creditors than last year and may be willing to compromise... less adamant about protecting auxiliary retirement pay than it has about the main payments... by 14.3 percent in December, which was much more pronounced than the 1.8 percent decline in November

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  5. Budget primary surplus surges to 3.04 billion, extending outperformance
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by more than 1 billion coupled with an increase in net revenues by 800 million. Compared to targets... million better than target. For February in particular, revenues exceeded target by 365 million. Tax..., net revenues rose by 11.1 percent to 8.1 billion, 323 million better than target. Primary expenditure

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  6. Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
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    Agora

    1,200 in 2010-2014 to 2,562 at the end of 2014 and the staff by more than 15,000 employees to 44,332..., the cumulative provisions rose by more than 9.7 billion euros to 57.9 billion at the end of 2015 from 48.2...) formation showed mixed trends in the course of 2015. It halved QoQ in Q2, than it doubled in Q3

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  7. Budget primary surplus of 2.68 bln in first quarter, but March trims outperformance

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in March from more than 3.9 billion in the preceding two months and much lower Public Investment Budget...) more than offsetting lower than expected PIB balance (by 366 million). The state budget balance showed... figure reached 3.04 billion, 83 million better than target. For the 3-month period, revenues rose 4.4

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  8. During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct
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    Society

    living in Athens and paying rent or a mortgage. While no more than 2.2 percent of the population lived... faced lower extreme poverty rates than those with children, with the exception of those with three children, which were in a better position than families with one or two. The survey also found

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  9. Budget primary surplus of 2.28 bln in first five months of 2016, tax revenues beat target in May
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , which was significantly higher than last year’s figure of 1.51 billion, according to the Finance... than target. At the same time, tax refunds rose by 36.5 percent in May and 8.6 percent in the 5-month... lower than target. The 5-month figure eased 1.1 percent to 15.49 billion, which was 2.06 billion

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  10. Budget primary surplus of 2.5 bln in first half of 2016, revenues rebound in June

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    was 2.1 billion lower than target. Revenues (before tax refunds) also posted an overperformance... million, which more than offset the primary expenditure being almost 200 million euros higher..., which is 3.5 billion lower than target of 4.49 billion. Revenues The breakdown of the key budget items

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