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  1. Economic sentiment stable, consumer confidence down 4.5 pts in November

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rose by more than 26 points until June 2014, when it peaked to 104.2. Since then, ESI recorded... a considerable improvement by more than 53 points since then to -30.6 in February 2015. With the exception

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  2. Tsipras seeks MPs' loyalty before next vote, leaves door open on future alliances
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and PASOK than when mentioning To Potami or the Union of Centrists. The prime minister did not mention... to social security contributions, rather than cuts to main pensions. “There should be no reduction

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  3. Pension reform wrangle prompts Greece to consider going own way on contributions rise
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    EconomyProgramme

    reduction for pensions above a specific threshold, probably higher than 1,000 euros. The Greek authorities... percent for low salary be applied rather than the current 70 percent. The 2016 budget voted

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  4. Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , Schaeuble’s comments seem to be prompted by more than just concerns about whether the Washington-based....” The Greek reply singled out the German Finance Ministry rather than the country’s government as a whole

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  5. Car sales resume double-digit growth rate in Oct with 15.2 pct rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The number of road motor cars posted a sharp drop by more than 30 percent per annum in the 2009-2012 period. Since then, a modest rise by 1.3 percent was recorded in 2013 and a strong rebound by more than

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  6. Unemployment rate fell further to 24 pct in Q3 on seasonally increased employment
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of ‘long-term’ (more than 1 year) unemployed remained well below the 900,000-mark for the second quarter... for a job) slightly fell by less than 1,000 to 100,700 in Q3 after increasing in the preceding three

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  7. Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
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    Agora

    issues, 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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  8. No one has won in Spain
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    Agora

    the 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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  9. Unemployment edges down to 24.5 pct in Oct, lowest since May 2012
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rates 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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  10. Current account deficit at 1.22 bln in Nov, down 18.6 pct

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    balances 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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