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Awaiting the magic wand that will end the pandemic
Agoraof the population by June i.e., until the beginning of the tourist season. Here, uninformed readers should pay..., in May, over 40,000 doses per day were applied, while in mid-October, when this text was written, it was an average of 4,000-5,000 doses per day. Bit by bit. In the meantime, a series of protests have
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
Agoraand expenditure, and annual data provide only one data point per year, so, instead, calculating a 12-month... suggests that tax cuts do not pay for themselves in the long run, but they do affect income... that economic performance, as measured by real GDP per capita and the unemployment rate, is not significantly
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Newsletter 371 - 24/02/2023
until July has an envelope of 650 million euros. Payments translate into between 22 euros per month for a single-person household to 62 euros per month for a family with two children. Mitsotakis pointed... for pensioners who did not benefit from a retirement pay increase, which will cost close to 300 million
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
in the effect of prices, Greece has third lowest per capita GDP in the EU, behind only Bulgaria and Slovakia... that it wants to raise the average wage to 1,500 euros per month, a rise of 25 pct over the next four-year term. It sees the minimum wage rising to 950 euros by the end of the term. The new pay scale
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Wage rises become top issue but trajectory lined with obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomyof prices, Greece has third lowest per capita GDP in the EU, behind only Bulgaria and Slovakia, shorter... that it wants to raise the average wage to 1,500 euros per month, a rise of 25 pct over the next four-year term. It sees the minimum wage rising to 950 euros by the end of the term. The new pay scale that ND has
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A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
Agoraoutput per worker (all employment categories included), or how efficient each worker is over time... and necessary, but we may have to pay for it now, rather than borrow against a supposed future additional...? In 2023 (Q1-Q3) the average real output per worker in Greece was €46,000 (ref 2015). For the Euro(20
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
on global wealth that shows that Greece is the only country where wealth per adult in the 2008-2023 has dropped, despite the rising global trend. In Greece wealth per adult has dropped by 11 pct... that the government plans to announce at the TIF and pay out just before Christmas a handout for vulnerable
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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicsto their retirement pay because of the so-called “personal difference” created by the pension reform carried... an extra 15-30 euros per month for more pensioners. Those in the “personal difference” category..., earning less than 700 euros per month, are expected to be given 150 euros. The test for Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 432 - 06/09/2024
-employed were forced to pay this year is seen as a key factor in New Democracy’s underwhelming performance..., it only gained traction over the past few days. It uses wages per hour based on unit labour costs... place Greece near the bottom of the EU, only above Bulgaria. For instance, in the index of GDP per
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PASOK’s tries to eke out space between weakened ND and returning Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsdebate on reducing weekly working time to 32 or 35 hours with full pay. Party leader Nikos Androulakis...: Greeks work 39.8 hours per week, the highest in the EU (EU average: 36), have the highest share of people working over 49 hours, and sit at the bottom of the EU in purchasing power. Productivity per
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