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  1. Budget revenues rebound in August but shortfall remains at 4.2 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ) as well as higher Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance (by 1.44 billion) more than offsetting... months (February, March and June), when expenses were 2.1 billion lower than target... better than target, also supported by shrinking military procurement at just 84 million, way below

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  2. Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of government could be formed. Margin of victory A small margin of victory (less than around 2... The winning part is expected to get no more than 33 percent of the vote and, therefore, less than 140

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  3. Where we stand in the Greek bank recapitalisation process
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    Economy

    then, the better than expected GDP growth for the second quarter and the stronger than anticipated tourism... and, according to the August Eurogroup statement, “no later than 15 November”. Since capital needs

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  4. Greek stocks post weekly rise of 5.6 pct, with banks rebounding strongly

    Economy

    than 20 percent in each of the preceding two weeks. In contrast to the prevailing sentiment after... shares are down by more than 15 percent. Bank shares rebounded by 31 percent this week mainly.... Despite the outperformance they are still down by more than 68 percent in the post-capital controls period

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  5. Tax arrears jump to 1.47 bln in Sept as total for year reaches 8.39 bln

    Economy

    Greece’s new unpaid taxes rose by 1.47 billion in September, which is more than the double the 645... to 80 percent of the annual target of 1.7 billion euros. This suggests a slightly better-than-target... revenue figure reached 282.3 million, corresponding to more than 76 percent of the annual target

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  6. Latest EU plan to tackle refugee crises poses new, bigger challenges for Tsipras

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , particularly Aegean islands, which have seen more than 500,000 arrivals by sea this year... Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas argued that this was a much better outcome than other... private apartments or homes, for 30,000 refugees. This is a much higher number than the migrants

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  7. Car sales down by 13.8 pct in Oct for the second fall this year
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    98,000 so far this year from less than 86,000 a year ago. Passenger cars recorded a broadly similar... 81,000 making up almost 83 percent of road motor cars. After a nosedive by more than 30 percent per... and a strong rebound by more than 30 percent in 2014. Nevertheless, the 2014 figure of 102,359 indicates

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  8. NBG strengthens capital at deep discount, falls short of initial target
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    Agora

    euros to cover its total capital shortfall. This figure is higher than the 2 billion initially suggested... price of 0.32 euros. NBG's discount is also materially higher than that of Alpha (34.4 percent...:15) since the offer price cannot be lower than the minimum price of 0.30 euros allowed by law

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  9. Current account surplus widens to 838 mln in Sept on shrinking goods deficit

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    deficit (by 13 million). This more than offset a worsening of the services surplus (by 502 million... improvement is fully attributed to the goods deficit shrinking by 3.66 billion euros, which more than... in imports (-13.8 percent) than that of exports (-6.8 percent). In absolute terms, the goods deficit fell

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  10. Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to be voted on December 5. Macro assumptions Following the better than expected preliminary GDP figures... government forecasts for 2015 are much better than the latest European Commission (EC) and the OECD... billion euros in 2015 from 317.12 billion in 2014 as the bank recap cost of 10 billion is more than

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