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  1. More concern for coalition than cheer for SYRIZA in latest poll figures

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    saw their support increase by 1.5 percentage points since the last Public Issue survey in July but the poll’s findings should be more of a source of concern for the New Democracy-led government than... popularity, for instance, was at 36 percent in September, which was eight points lower than in May

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  2. How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
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    Agora

    sector has 244,000 fewer workers, more than half of the total gap. Another laggard in job creation... and commerce fully reflect the property market’s difficulties, which saw prices drop by 40 pct... more than 200,000 fewer foreign workers compared to the 2008 high, when 389,000 foreign nationals

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  3. When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
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    Agora

    is happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... the past three years. According to the Central Bank of Greece unit labor costs have declined by more than... on a sustainable increase of its depositor base. Recovering the loss of more than 30 per cent of customers

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  4. Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
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    Agora

    exigency than on macro-economic objectives. Members of the troika themselves, notably the IMF... of fiction than a concise economic adjustment programme. When focusing on Greece Streeck’s ire... decision makers to again buy some time, Streeck does not consider this arrangement to be more than

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  5. Poverty rate jumped by over 40 pct during crisis, more than anywhere in EU
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    Society

    Greece saw its rate of poverty increase by more than 40 percent during the economic crisis, the highest jump in any EU state, according to a new German study that measures poverty in a “multidimensional” way, considering education, gainful employment, housing and housing environment and health

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  6. Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
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    Society

    in the next quarter. The survey also showed the direct impact of lower income on consumer power. More than.... This is 11 percentage points lower than last year. For 59 percent of those who will enjoy a summer holiday.... In addition, more than half will stay in a house owned by themselves or a relative, 23 percent will choose

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  7. In EU, Athenians least satisfied with city life but becoming happier
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    Society

    facilities than schools (54 percent), city administration officials (40 percent) and hospitals... of residents in the Greek capital are satisfied with the financial status of their household, with Lisbon... with that of Prague and Lisbon, above most of the eastern European capitals but behind 15 others

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  8. Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of CPI change in 2013 was negative at -0.9 percent for the first time in more than 45 years, according... from the ongoing impact of the austerity measures rather than a rationalisation of the pricing

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  9. Office prices and rents saw substantial fall in H1 2014

    Economy

    -based rather than transaction-based and therefore they are expected to show a relative lag... an underperformance in 2011 and 2013 when the rate of decline in Athens’ rents was more than 2 percentage

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  10. Greek households saw net financial wealth plummet by 37.5 pct during crisis
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    their assets plummeted by more than one third. The latter was mostly evident in the early stage... their assets which more than doubled from 30.6 percent in Q1 2006 to 66.5 percent Q2 2012, not only

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