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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicshad not gone far enough in correct ENFIA’s initial errors and easing the burden on a range... spokesman, Adonis Georgiadis, went as far as suggesting that Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis
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Credit in Greece contracts by 3.5 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomyin August, which is the second lowest reading so far this year. In July, net deductions stood at 1.16.... The August figure is the third lowest reading so far this year. Housing loan balances declined 3 percent
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Election drums beating louder in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe possibility of snap general elections being called is never far away in Greece: After all, the country has not had elections at the end of a full term since June 1989. Over the last few months... nomination. In fact, he went as far as suggesting that early elections might not be a bad thing
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agora, but are far fewer and much smaller than anything seen in 2010, 2011 or 2012. Much of that anger against.... While the tax-collection system has become vastly more efficient, far less attention has been
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Tourism helps bring Greek unemployment down to 26.4 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomythe highest unemployment rate at 27 percent each. On the flipside, the Aegean continues showing by far... far in 2014 stands at 26.9 percent.
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Greek credit contracts by another 3.5 pct in Sept as balances ease to 212 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyindicating the third lowest reading so far in 2014. The rate of decline in housing loans slightly... lowest reading so far this year. Net deductions remained rose MoM to 270 million. The slight growth
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Among euro area SMEs, Greeks face most problems with access to finance
Economy– September 2014. The Greek SME rate (32 percent) is by far the highest in the eurozone, followed by Ireland..., Greece recorded by far the highest overall indicator of financing obstacles (40 percent), twice
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agora-hearted attempts to offer a potentially game-changing compromise over the past week were far too little... saviour-like, with an increased majority. It may sound like a far-fetched plan, which runs counter
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Contraction in Greek credit eases slightly to 3 percent in November
EconomyMacroeconomy. The November figure is the lowest reading so far in 2014. Similar to October, the negative credit flow... in October. November’s figure is the second lowest so far this year. Housing loans eased by 3.1 percent
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Greek deposits almost unchanged at 164.3 bln in November
EconomyMacroeconomyinflows of 447 million. The latter is the highest reading so far in 2014. In contrast, time outflows... media indicate that depositors’ reaction was rather calm so far, the next few weeks would be critical
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