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Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
Agoraissues, the fund is a harder taskmaster than the European lenders. “The fund’s position... intervention in the country’s debt rather than just tinkering around the edges. The fiscal and economic
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No one has won in Spain
Agorathe result of the elections was completely different than in the rest of Spain. The PP is bordering... a simple majority; more yeas than nays. But both PP and PSOE have enough nays to prevent either of them
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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agora. Negotiations with the eurozone took on a much more confrontational tone than ever before, resulting... than this Jun 27 Politics The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
AgoraTsipras himself, that Greece would pay pensions and salaries rather than the IMF if it was forced... dropped to a mere 77 million as more than 2.5 billion had been sapped in the previous twelve months
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Unemployment edges down to 24.5 pct in Oct, lowest since May 2012
EconomyMacroeconomyrates of more than 27 percent, while the unemployment rate in the Aegean remains by far the lowest... as the economy is expected to enter into a deeper recession than in 2015. However, the Finance Ministry
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Current account deficit at 1.22 bln in Nov, down 18.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomybalances by 302 and 61 million respectively more than offsetting a fall in the services’ surplus by 193... billion euros more than offsetting a drop in the services’ surplus by 1.09 billion and deterioration
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SYRIZA's long, slow march
Agoraaccepted that our influence on the long-term dynamics is going to be slower than expected,” he told..., will be loath to accept anything more drastic than what it has proposed. At last week’s Eurogroup, though
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Drop in disposable income accelerates to 3.3 percent in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyby more than 1 billion from last year. The recorded decrease largely reflects a rise in the payments... by more than 10 billion euros, corresponding to a drop of 24.5 percent. Taxes on income and wealth
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Amid protests, coalition ponders tweaks to pension plan
EconomyProgrammeagricultural production of more than 10 billion euros, less than half is declared by farmers. His
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Labour Ministry 2015 data shows increase in employment, marginal drop in average wage
Economyemploying more than 250 employees each. The bulk of firms were private sector companies, while... of employees increased by 88,666 to 1.62 million in 2015 with 53,877 individuals employed in more than
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