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Budget primary surplus at 617 mln in June as expenditure continues to fall below target
EconomyMacroeconomyexecution bulletin due on June 24. Tax refunds rose by 21 percent to 2.23 billion, higher than... expenditure rose to 4.28 billion for the month of June, higher than the figure of 3.43 billion in May and 32.4 percent higher than the figure for the same month last year. The aggregate figure
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 635 mln in June on lower spending
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros. Tax refunds rose by 21 percent to 2.23 billion, higher than their target by 76 million euros... was confirmed at 4.28 billion for the month of June, higher than the figure of 3.43 billion in May and notably higher than the figure for the same month last year by 32.1 percent. The aggregate figure
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
AgoraWhen dozens of people burn to death a few metres from the sea, less than an hour’s drive from... perplexing. Rather than seek to reassure citizens that it was at least in control of the relief effort... managed to make a situation involving the deaths of more than 80 people even worse. It would
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
eurozone peers in the political discussions it holds, rather than stating its case on the technocratic...) to 88.6 billion, 1.6 billion lower than the target of 90.2 billion. The current amount is equal... payment culture rather than a phenomenon brought about by capital controls. The Bank of Greece has
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BoG highlights areas of concern in underlying NPE data
EconomyBankingis that there was an increase in the percentage of loans that are past due less than 90 days which... not been serviced for more than 90 days, excluding denounced loans, fell further by 8.4 percent... to note, though, that 68.1 percent of the loans in this category have not been serviced for more than
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Hirings balance negative by 33,249 in November as seasonality impact begins to tail off
EconomyMacroeconomymore departures than hirings, according to data form the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. However, compared to November 2017, there were an additional 5,972 hirings than departures. Total... departures than hirings. The smallest negative balance was observed for those aged 64 and over at 498
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Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
Agorabeen leaders or governments in the two countries that are keener to reach a resolution than now. Zaev... SYRIZA had traditionally taken a more flexible stance on the name issue than its political rivals... a referendum on the Prespes Agreement in FYROM. Although more than 90 percent of voters backed the deal
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
into force on Friday, February 1. The increase was more than had been expected and above the level... A higher-than-expected wage increase and a bond release set the stage for SYRIZA’s election battle... that the minimum wage was increased later than it should have been and that next year’s lower tax-free
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agoraby an unprecedented level of confrontation between the two delegations, less than two weeks after the visit... gone through no fewer than 19 rounds of negotiation since November 2013. Europeans are increasingly.... But worse than the timing of the summit is a long list of structural challenges Europe is up against
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Hirings balance positive by 43,737 in March
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive in March with 43,373 more hirings than departures, data from... hirings than departures. The mildest positive balance was noted in the 64 years and over age group, where there were 111 more hirings than departures. Broken down by employment activity in each sector
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