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Communication prices in Greece highest in EU27
Societywere found to be 65.9 percent higher than the EU average. This is an increase since 2018, when the price was 56.2 percent higher. Food prices in Greece were 2.5 percent higher than the EU average and alcoholic beverages and tobacco were 0.6 percent higher than the average. In 2018, food prices were 5
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The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Agorapercent more people than in early 2001, even though real GDP in 2020 was 10 percent smaller than in 2001..., real GDP was 7 percent smaller than in 2001. Alas, after 2014, employment started to grow again.... In relative terms, since 2001 the public sector has become 40 percent bigger than the private sector
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
Agora, it is thus possible that Greece may need a slightly bigger capital stock relative to GDP than more... less in Greece than in contiguous countries of the euro-19 that do not need to build separate capital..., as GDP declines in Greece more than proportional to the economic cycle for the euro-19 countries
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agorathat the future population is still expected to decline, but to be slightly bigger than in the data from 2018... to be bigger than was initially thought in 2018. In blog 18, we calculated the labor force out of the working-age population. Again, we found a larger labor force than was assumed in 2018, in the baseline
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agorathat the future population is expected to be slightly bigger than in the data from 2018. Consequently, in blog 17, the working-age population, on baseline, was also projected to be bigger than initially thought in 2018. In blog 18, we found a slightly larger labor force than was assumed in 2018. Finally
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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsis sticking to his belief that Greece needs a strong single-party government rather than a coalition... suggested that the government would like elections to be held as soon as possible, earlier than the July 2... be looking at a majority of around 20 seats. This would be more than double the majority Mitsotakis had
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Newsletter 382 - 26/05/2023
. The left-wing party’s support plummeted to 20 pct, 11 points lower than in 2019 and some 10 points lower than many opinion polls had indicated. The result means that virtually the only thing standing... of the vote on Sunday, which was around 3.5 points more than in 2019 and its highest electoral score
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societystrong health outcomes despite spending less than many of its peers. But beneath the surface, troubling... people. That’s higher than the OECD average and signals growing concern over preventable and treatable..., with fewer than a quarter of adults indulging daily. Access to care Despite universal eligibility for core
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Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?
Economyoversubscribed and the yield of 4.95 percent was notably lower than had been expected even a few days... on the positive mood around Greece and not delay the placement The achievement of a much higher than... more than 1.5 times oversubscribed, confirming the recent strong investor interest in Greek bank
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
widened to 847 million euros in January, more than 2.5 times higher than a year earlier. Imports fell... thanks to the travel surplus more than doubling to 10.63 million. Exports dropped by 16.9 percent... Blair implored the party’s lawmakers to be “whiter than white, purer than pure”. Unfortunately, it didn
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