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Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsby a senior government official, who claimed that bringing down primary surplus targets is also a goal... and the privatisation programme, but that if Greece is able to show that its borrowing costs have come down
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Contraction of 0.1 pct in Q4 sees 2018 GDP fall slightly below target at 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the full year. Imports Breaking down the components of imports in Q4, imports of goods decreased... anticipated real GDP growth of 2.1 percent in 2018, down from their initial forecast of 2.6 percent
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Unemployment rate falls to 18 pct in Dec, lowest since July 2011
EconomyMacroeconomy, the decline was stronger, with the unemployed down by 138,274 - a 14 percent decrease. The unemployed figure... by 2.6 pps year-on-year. Broken down by age group, the lowest unemployment rate is in the 65-74 bracket
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Turnover in tourism grows by 2.8 pct during Q4 and 9 pct in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomystood at 9 percent versus 8.2 percent in 2017. Broken down by component, the index in accommodation rose... expenditure per trip edged down very slightly by 0.2 percent to 521.10 euros in 2018 versus 522.30 euros
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IMF outlines areas in which Greece needs further reforms, where it should apply caution
EconomyProgrammeto accelerate further this year, but cautions that the reform momentum is slowing down, and risks... in 2019, up from 2.1 percent last year. Growth is seen slowing down to 2.2 percent next year and 1.6
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Government move over primary residences raises questions
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday, the European Commission sought to play down talk of a rift between the two sides that would... over the pension cuts late last year, the government also seems to avoid getting too bogged down
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SYRIZA set to name more MEP candidates, hoping for better results
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this anger will die down over the months to come is one of the reasons that Prime Minister Alexis... than five years after she had died. Within hours, it was announced that Loizou was stepping down
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 185 mln in 2018
EconomyBankingbillion euros. The NPE ratio edged down to 53.1 percent from 54.1 percent in Q3, while the NPE coverage... provision expenses in Greece came to 137 million in Q4, down by 8 percent in Q4. For the full year, loan
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BoG underlines progress in NPE reduction but stresses need for systemic solution
Economyof reducing the stock of bad assets by end of 2021 to 34.1 billion euros, which will take the ratio down... to bring down their stock of bad assets, there is an urgent need for institutional solutions
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General govt primary cash surplus at 2.91 bln in Feb, arrears rise by 83 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus came to 2.91 billion euros in the first two months of the year, down by 272 million euros compared to the same period last year, according... of the total debt. In the other underlying subcategories, T-Bills edged down by 3 million to 15.28
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