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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
by 15.9 percent in February.. 2 Shapeshifting Tsipras Prime minister’s aversion to the IMF is one of his
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Greek bailout talks yet to conclude as start of IMF meetings approaches
EconomyProgrammereplacement rates, which would range between 0.77 percent (from 15 years) up to 2 percent (for 42 years
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammereplacement rates. Replacement rates start from 0.77 percent for the first 15 years up to 2 percent
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Club Med in Washington
Agora. Time is now running out in Spain. If the Cortes fails to elect a new prime minister by May 2
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Press freedom ranking edges up but Tsipras yet to deliver, report finds
Society. They are Finland (ranked 1st, the position it has held since 2010), Netherlands (2nd, up 2 places... promise be kept?” the report said in its paragraph on Greece [https://rsf.org/en/greece]. Ever since
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Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsto achieve up to an extra 2 percent of GDP in adjustments being rejected. Athens has again singled out
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Delays in concluding programme review are credit negative for Greece, says Moody’s
EconomyIn its latest comment on Greece included in the weekly credit outlook of May 2, Moody’s notes that the delays in the country’s bailout programme review are credit negative since they increase the risk of a liquidity squeeze and prevent any discussion on debt relief. The delays are caused
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Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
PoliticsGreek Politicshaving to vote on another 2 percent of GDP in fiscal measures under great time pressure. It would also
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Unemployment rate slips to 24.2 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomybe more than 70,000 in the same period. The unemployment rate among men was trimmed by 2 percentage
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Stournaras calls for lower primary surplus target, debt relief measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSpeaking at a conference of the Confederation of Northern Greece Industries (SBEE), the Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras suggested on Friday that Greece’s primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018 should be lowered to 2 percent. Stournaras stressed that a lower fiscal
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