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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeatures. The numbers, derived from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani database, record not the total number of public... that the costs have gone up every year since the end of 2014, by a total of 612 million euros, or 3.9 percent
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
SocietyGreece is facing a potentially explosive situation as the largely unaddressed refugee crisis has begun to take on new and troubling aspects in 2018. The UNHCR’s website recorded a total of 9,375 sea... March 2016 and March 2018. During the same period, a total of 39,650 final decisions were issued
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeby the end of the programme on August 20. The total figure still outstanding at the end of March... for reducing arrears but this will depend on Athens having made progress by then in bringing the total
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Marginal increase to 20.8 pct for Feb unemployment rate
EconomyMacroeconomyby 33,636. Total employment has been standing above 3.7 million since February last year. The figures.... Full-time hirings increased to 55.6 percent of the total, representing the first time since May 2017
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NBG makes profit of 20 mln in Q1, NPE stock falls again
EconomyBankingare collateralised. This would bring the total sales of NPLs by the bank to around 4 billion across... peers. The total Greek loan yield fell slightly to 377 bps from 388 bps in Q4. Fee income fell by 5
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GDP up by 2.3 pct year-on-year in Q1 on strong export growth
EconomyMacroeconomyconsumption represents the majority of GDP, making up 88.1 percent of the total figure in Q1... represents almost 21 percent of the total. The latest MoF budget tabled at the end of 2018 estimates
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Banks meet NPE targets in Q1 but mortgage reductions remain slow
EconomyMacroeconomyloans (target: 50 percent) and 43.9 percent for residential loans (target: 43.2 percent). The total... at an additional amount of 4.7 billion, bringing the total amount of loan sales for the period
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Hirings balance hits new record high of 108,725 in May
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of the total, compared to 38 percent for part-time work and 12.2 percent for shift work. The share of males among total hirings edged down very slightly to 55.4 percent in May from 55.5 percent
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Lenders set out post-MoU reform tasks ahead for Athens
EconomyProgrammeof this year, with a target of 30 percent of total hospital procurement done centrally by mid-2020 and 40 percent of the total by mid-2022. Furthermore, the social safety net reforms that were launched during
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If rising card use in Greece meets EU average, VAT revenues would see 3.3 bln boost - study
EconomyMacroeconomybetween 2015-2017. Total card use penetration had a significant positive effect on tax compliance and led to at least 50 percent of total annual VAT revenues increasing in 2017. IOBE notes that if card
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