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Most Greeks negative about spending power in 2018
SocietyA Christmas survey by Deloitte Greece has found that Greek consumers appear to be the most pessimistic in Europe. The local report has been released for eight years running and is carried out across 10 European countries. The Greek survey questions 500 consumers about their Christmas budget
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Coalition focuses on positives as MPs gear up for vote on vast multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politics, which highlighted that the 2018 budget contains 1.9 billion euros in further measures. However
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Conclusion of third review closer as extensive bill tabled by coalition
EconomyProgrammeas the budget for family benefits has been increased. There was some discussion during a meeting
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsout the possibility of other MPs backing the legislation. When the 2018 budget was passed through
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Athens set to profit from falling borrowing costs as yields drop ahead of review completion
EconomyFeaturesthe falling borrowing costs will be reflected in the budget’s interest bill.
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Unemployment rate at 20.7 pct in October, previous month revised upwards
EconomyMacroeconomyrate of 22.8 percent. In its final budget for 2018 the Greek government revised unemployment figures
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammefrom the programme in the summer. The ministry made no mention of this amount but in the 2018 budget
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CPI rises by 0.7 pct in Dec for first 12-month positive streak after four years of deflation
EconomyMacroeconomy. The Finance Ministry’s latest draft budget projects the HICP to rise by 1.1 percent in 2018.
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Coalition hits some turbulence but expects cohesion for multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat its annual budget is set to increase from 650 million euros to 910 million and that around 90 percent
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Coalition approves multi-bill in Parliament, Tsipras picks up extra MP
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUnion of Centrists, also voted with the coalition during the ballot on the 2018 budget in December
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