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  1. Building activity posts first rise in 20 months but overall picture grim

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    December raising hopes about the projects recommencing soon. The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport

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  2. Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    Economy

    fee paid by the banks in December 2012 for their capital advance (556 million), an underwriting fee

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  3. C/A balance positive by 1.4 bln to Nov, 2013 surplus in sight

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    published on December 17, point to a surplus of 1 percent of GDP in 2013 for the first time in Greek

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  4. Greece and troika: Bailout tranche, funding gap and debt relief still pending

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the December and January meetings, the February 17 Eurogroup will also not prove conclusive

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  5. Sales season pushes November retail volume to growth for the first time since March 2010

    Economy

    , which posted a higher drop of 2.9 percent compared to October (-2 percent) and December (-1.7 percent

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  6. Greece sees Manufacturing PMI move into growth for first time since August 2009

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s Manufacturing PMI improved by 1.6 points for the third consecutive month in January reaching 51.2 points from 49.6 in December, according to Markit. More significantly, though, the headline figure surpassed the 50-point mark, which distinguishes growth from contraction, for the first time

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  7. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Agora

    in December have all caused anger and anxiety, prompting many Greeks to seek easy answers

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  8. Despite payment of some arrears, total reached 4.6 bln at end of 2013

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of state arrears to the private sector (including tax refunds) at the end of December stood at 4.67

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  9. Manufacturing PMI edges up for second month in a row

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 0.7 points to -65.2, almost 2 points away from a 3.5-year high reached in December.

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  10. Unemployment closes 2013 with new high of 27.5 pct in last quarter

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , and showed the unemployment rate eased to 27.5 percent in December from 27.6 percent in November. The number

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