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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
will have to first legislate the fiscal measures (pension cuts and lower tax-free threshold... a reduction in the tax-free threshold and the implementation of pension cuts after 2018. Finance
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Athens sees faster pace of progress in review talks but no final deal yet
EconomyProgrammethe reduction in the tax-free threshold and cuts in main pensions, while the government aims to lower... to reduce the tax-free threshold to around 6,000 euros from 8,636 euros, which will be effective from
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the threshold for collective dismissals (currently at 5 percent of the workforce per month... in the tax-free threshold for personal income. The institutions are said to have proposed
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Greece and lenders trap themselves over labour reforms
Agorameasures that the lenders are demanding: A 1 percent of GDP reduction in the tax-free threshold... by the IMF. The Fund has been pushing for an increase in the threshold for collective dismissals
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Compromise proposal on table ahead of Friday's Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammein 2019 and a reduction in the tax-free threshold yielding another 1 percent of GDP in 2020. This appears... percent. Tax reforms include a reduction in the tax-free threshold from its current level of 8,636
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Tsipras looks to build political capital from 2016 overperformance
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the tax-free threshold will not have to be brought forward from 2020 to 2019 and Athens will be able... to offset the impact of pension cuts and the reduction in the tax-free threshold, such as lowering some
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China's bumpy road to Greece
EconomyFeatures, followed by Russia and the Middle East. There is talk of lowering the investment threshold... is popular with Russians, the investment threshold stands at 2 million euros in real estate. In 2016
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In the case of Greek debt, it's the "how" that's missing
Agorathreshold of 15-20 percent of GDP. Recent research by Eurobank sets out the distance that needs... that this threshold can only be achieved when all loans to Greece are extended by decades. The same goes
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Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
Agora- and white-collar workers. The threshold for collective dismissals, especially for larger companies... been in the form of flexible types of employment and with low wages often below the threshold
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IMF sticks to reform, debt relief demands as programme role remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammein the process, it will continue to press for the reduction in the tax-free threshold, which has... in the tax-free threshold. The Fund is also against the idea of the compensatory measures agreed between
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