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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyof any OECD country, with tax evasion estimated at between 2 to 5 percent of GDP per year according.... The equivalent in the UK is 5 percent, and in Germany just 2 percent. Greece’s problematic tax
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
. The OECD sees economic growth of 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent in 2019, below the Greek government... lift it above the poverty threshold. 2 Deposits grow by 1.14 bln in March Total deposit include
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Athens and creditors place immediate focus on remaining key deliverables
EconomyProgrammeand structural reforms; (2) a clearer view of financing beyond the Third Programme (3) material... to some combination of: (1) a lack of cooperation between Greece and its institutional creditors; (2
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyThere was a promising start to May for Greece’s debt management agency (PDMA) as interest in its T-Bills rose and borrowing costs dropped in the two issues it auctioned successfully on May 2 and May... a declining path. The cost of borrowing for the 6-month bills had dropped to 2 percent at the end
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomydebt sustainable. The MTFS revises the initial growth estimate for 2018 to 2 percent, from 2.3 percent... growth of 2 percent during the period is not just an optimistic forecast. As result, the Council makes
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesto limit the rise of pension expenditure to 2 percent of GDP over the long term (2010-2060). It raised... the top 2 percent of pensioners actually experienced cuts of 40 percent or more. Since 2013, detailed
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Despite debt deal likely falling short, IMF to retain a role in Greece
EconomyProgrammeGermany is thought to be comfortable with) but will be reduced by 2 years for each 5 billion euros... on Thursday. It is expected that Greece’s primary surplus target will fall to around 2 percent of GDP
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EC sees relief measures securing debt sustainability despite poorer growth, market access prospects
EconomyProgrammeinto a 3 percent long-term nominal growth rate, on the assumption that inflation will reach 2 percent... used in 2015 will be recovered, noting that 2 billion euros were already repaid in February last year
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
growth rate, assuming that inflation will reach 2 percent in 2023 and remain at the that level.... 2 May budget primary surplus at 1.53 bln Confirmed figure beats the target by 1.35 bln The budget
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
,” the Commission said. 2 Unemployment rate edges up to 20.2 pct in April Number of those employed dips along... by 1 percent in May, slowing from an upward revised increase of 2 percent in April, Hellenic
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