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Greece near bottom of OECD rankings for spending on R&D
Societywas equal to just 1 percent of GDP in 2015. Greece came before Poland and Turkey (33rd and 34th place...) and Sweden (3.3 percent). The US (2.8 percent), Australia (2.1 percent), the EU (2 percent) and the UK
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Institutions back in Athens to resume review, agree new measures
EconomyProgrammetargeted savings of 2 percent of GDP after 2018, which are almost equally split between a reduction... of 24 percent by 1 percentage point. On the issue of the new privatisation and investment fund (HCAP
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Round of talks nearing end with limited progress, serious doubts about March 20 goal
EconomyProgrammeand pensions worth 1 percent of GDP each, while the government wants lower savings of around 0.75 percent... sources are saying, the volume of measures to be pre-legislated may end up close to 2 percent of GDP
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Slow progress on fiscal, impasse on labour keep review deal on hold
PoliticsGreek Politicsthere is room to reduce the demand for 2 percent of GDP (3.6 billion euros) in new measures. Any... than the reduction of the tax-free threshold, each of which are currently slated to yield 1 percent
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Progress seen after Brussels talks but review conclusion still out of reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures that Greece wants to implement to counter the impact of the 2 percent of GDP in new fiscal measures it will have to pre-legislate. On pensions, the disagreement appears to be if the 1 percent
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Trade deficit surges 17.7 pct in Feb on double-digit growth in imports
EconomyMacroeconomy, trade deficit reached almost 2 billion. The breakdown by geography revealed imports from non-EU... by 2.5 and 1 percent respectively, while the corresponding trade deficit dropped by 4.4 percent
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Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
PoliticsForeign Policydevelopments regarding EU–UK negotiations. According to Kotzias, Greece’s main aim is: 1. To avert negative fiscal repercussions from the Brexit, 2. To safeguard the rights of Greeks working and studying
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IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomystands at 1 percent for 2022, lower than its previous forecast of 1.8 percent for 2021. The report also... in Q4 2017 and 2 percent in Q4 2018. The Fund upped its estimate for the jobless rate to 21.9 percent
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Greek stocks edge down 0.6 pct ending three-week rally
Economylower and 10 higher, while 2 stayed flat. The trading activity slowed with the turnover surpassing...) of Titan approved the distribution of a dividend of 0.10 euros per share and a capital return of 1 euro
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Apartment prices decrease at a sharper pace by 1.8 pct in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyApartment prices in Greece fell at a sharper pace by 1.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017, following an upwardly revised drop of 1 percent in Q4 2016, Bank of Greece (BoG... that prices in new apartments (up to 5 years old) declined by 2 percent YoY and by 0.5 percent QoQ
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