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PBO urges continued fiscal discipline amid growing instability
EconomyIn its latest report covering the first quarter of 2022, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) sees mixed signals for the Greek economy and expects international factors to play a key role in developments in the near term. On the positive side, Greece recorded solid growth of 7 pct in the first
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Deposit rise of 1.3 bln in May led by corporates as household savings drop
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, from 5.8 percent in April and 7 percent in March. The outstanding balance of private sector
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agora, in blog 19, the assumption that unemployment could drift down to 7 percent of the labor force allows
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Led by lending to corporations, June credit growth of 4.5 pct is highest in a decade
EconomyMacroeconomycorporations showed a net monthly inflow of 119 million euros. This took the balance to 7 billion
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Unemployment rate hovers at 12.5 pct in May, improves by 3 pps on last year
EconomyMacroeconomy-on-year. Youth unemployment dropped by 7 pps year-on-year to 30.1 percent, while the rate in the 25-74
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Business transformation brings profit of 243 mln euros for Alpha Bank in H1
EconomyBankingmillion euros in Q2, up by 7 percent QoQ. The net interest margin was 1.6 percent in H1. Net fee
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Moody's, DBRS keep ratings unchanged, leave no doubt that fiscal prudence is key for next moves
Economyinstability. The next scheduled credit rating review is by Fitch on October 7, followed by S&P on the 21st
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Import price growth accelerates to 32 pct, food imports indicate significant price rise
EconomyMacroeconomy-durable consumer goods at 7 percent. Capital goods were up by 6.2 percent and durable goods up by 2.7
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Turkish missile test adds to complexity of defence assessment in Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is assessing the news that Turkey test-fired a locally made, short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea on Tuesday, as Bloomberg revealed. According to Bloomberg "a mobile platform was used to fire the missile from an airport near the port city of Rize at around 7 am local time, said
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Sept economic sentiment drops to early 2021 levels, consumer confidence down by 6.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyat -7 in October, from -5.3 points in September. Since November last year, industry confidence is down
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