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Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
Society,” added the authors. 3) Women in government The OECD found that Greece has one of the lowest rates of woman serving in the general government. They make up just 36 percent of general government
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On Portugal, PSI and a national salvation pact
Agora15 consecutive years. The highest primary budget surplus ever realized over the past 36 years for which we have data is 3% of GDP. Portugal’s current primary budget balance is negative 1.6% of GDP
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyby 36 bps in April and by 70 bps year to date to 5.82 percent. As a result, the interest rate spread... average rates stands at around 2 percentage points for amounts up to 250,000 euros and at circa 3
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Industrial Production Index in negative territory for the year, at -2.2 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomythree sections headed south, with water supply down 6.2 percent, manufacturing down 3 percent... drop with wood and cork (down 36 percent), tobacco products (down 17 percent), electrical equipment
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Building activity falls 10.7 pct in June after brief rise in May
EconomyMacroeconomy36 and 30.8 percent respectively. A broadly similar pattern was also evident in the 6-month figures... of around 3 percent over the past 2.5 years with the aggregate decrease at 13 percent over the past
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Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty
PoliticsGreek Politics5.5 Ind Grks 3 Papandreou 2.5 Other 4 Undecided 9.5 #Greece — MacroPolis (@MacroPolis_gr) January 7... will win but will fall short of the minimum of around 36 percent it is likely to need to be able to form
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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agora. Social benefits in 2009 had risen to 49.1 billion euros from 36 billions in 2006. This was brought... not materialised even though in just 3 years Greece corrected all the labour cost competitiveness
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Tax wedge for single, married Greeks well above OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomy4 percentage points (pp) above the OECD average of 36 percent. OECD also notes that the combined..., the tax wedge for a family with children in Greece stands 3 pp above that for the single worker
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Study shows deep impact of capital controls on retail sector
Economyand the remaining 24 percent used both methods. Last year, cash and credit card payments accounted for 80 and 3... sector reached 36 percent this year outpacing those via cash that stood at 33 percent of total.
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Major fall of 31.6 pct for building activity in July
EconomyMacroeconomyand volume increased by 3 and 27.5 percent respectively. The regional breakdown of building surface... rise erased only a small part of previous months’ losses, still pointing to a fall by more than 36
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