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Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017
percent in June after a downwardly revised figure of 21.5 percent in May, the Hellenic Statistical... are unemployed fell by 13,867 compared to May, to total 1 million in June. The labour force rose slightly to 4.8
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Third review agenda becoming more complex for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsincreases. However, the poor performance of budget revenues may lead to the lenders asking... this year’s primary surplus target of 1.75 percent of GDP but it may struggle to convince lenders that next
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Athens wants to keep Ankara lines open despite EU reservations, S-400 deal
PoliticsForeign Policypostponed this request. During their last talks in May, the two prime ministers of Turkey and Greece... EU prospect have not gone unnoticed in Ankara and perhaps this may have created positive momentum
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’ demands, which may explain why Tsipras referred to 80 percent of the prior actions being out... without any support at all. The form that the exit will take may depend on the course of the third review
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Economic sentiment breaks 100-point mark in Sept, consumer confidence up by 3.3 pts
EconomyMacroeconomy. The notable improvement in ESI since May is attributed to the conclusion of the second programme... since January and 7.4 points since May. Consumer confidence improved for the sixth month in a row
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that the tests could be concluded by May, which is three months before Greece’s programme is due to end... weight and that the European lenders feel more of a need to accommodate them. This may have been what
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Tsipras hopes to move on after decision on ex-airport project
PoliticsGreek Politicsfurther legal obstacles may lie ahead, Athens clearly believes that it has got over the largest... by 0.6 percentage points since the last survey in September. What may be particularly pleasing to Tsipras
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Athens aiming to intensify talks with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyhas arisen for a head to head meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries, which may... that Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his nationalist approach on many of these issues may obstruct
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Athens expects 800 mln sub-tranche as review talks progress
EconomyProgrammein the talks. The 500 million euros in new measures lined up for next year may not be considered enough... that up to 1 billion euros more in interventions may be demanded so that a fiscal gap of around 0.5
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Economic sentiment at 98.3 pts in October, consumer confidence drops -0.3 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyrepresents a drop of 2.3 points in the overall index month-on-month. ESI has been improving since May..., ESI has improved by 3.2 points since January and 5.1 points since May. Consumer confidence declined
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