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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
percentage points, which carries a fiscal cost of 849 million euros; freezing the solidarity levy for private
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PMI softens to six-month low, but employment in manufacturing grows at record pace
EconomyMacroeconomyperformance deteriorated to the lowest in four months and the pace of cost inflation picked up in raw
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorayield less than is the cost of debt. It is not clear why Greece did not opt instead for a contingent
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Govt pins hopes on lifting Covid restrictions in March as experts tread more cautious path
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government in Athens is hoping that easing Covid restrictions in the coming weeks will give it a good news story to compensate for the continuing headache of cost-of-living increases and the narrowing spending path. High expectations had been pinned on this week’s review of pandemic measures
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Traditional sectors carry burden of job creation as unemployment levels fall
EconomyMacroeconomyof the restrictions. In 2020, the furlough scheme cost the budget roughly 2.3 billion euros. When other
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Government focusses on security of energy supplies in light of Ukraine escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsprices on left-wing opposition to wind power developments. Polls Cost-of-living increases are emerging
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High prices top list of political concerns as dissatisfaction bubbles under surface
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn another indication of how much the cost of living crisis is worrying the government, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with representatives of the retail sector on Tuesday afternoon to discuss ways of containing price hikes. According to the PM’s office, during his meeting with the heads
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Mitsotakis faces pushback from left on arms to Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe reasons for increases in the cost of living are external, however, a third of respondents blames
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorathe cost of borrowing to buy this machine, against the added value, the higher profits
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PM stands by Ukraine decision, feels vindicated on defence and foreign policies
PoliticsGreek Politics.” Inflation Mitsotakis also spent a chunk of his interview discussing the cost-of-living crisis. He pledged
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