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Primary surplus confirmed at 3.34 bln in Dec, misses annual target by 367 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyto 2046. These funds will be included in state coffers as of January 2019 rather than December... was more or less unchanged YoY at 49.76 billion, lower than the target by 564 million. The MoF noted... revenues came to 788 million in December, notably higher than the previous month’s figure of 165
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Tsipras goes big on minimum wage, hoping to enhance election hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsis more than the committee of wise men appointed to examine the issue recommended. Their suggestion... that as more fertile ground to win votes than the economy. The conservatives highlighted, for instance, the fact that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is still referring to his country as “Macedonia” rather than
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Hirings balance negative by 22,333 in January
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned negative in January with 22,333 more departures than hirings... system showed. Compared to January 2018, there were 5,791 more departures than hirings. Ergani.... The biggest negative balance was seen in those aged 30-44 years, where there were 8,473 more departures than
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SYRIZA sets out strategy for European vote with eye on general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsor even earlier than the European Parliament vote if Tsipras decides that his party is on course... opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two parties is much larger than 3.5 points, Georgidis’s... much narrower than the opinion polls suggest, thereby dispelling the impression that New Democracy
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Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019
includes stricter criteria for protection than the Katseli law, which ran until the end of February... not be higher than value of the residual mortgage. The latest target for the Greek government... is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres
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Displaying seasonal features, Feb hirings balance beats last year by 11,212 jobs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned sharply positive in February with 27,840 more hirings than departures... balance was seen in those aged 30-44 years, where there were 10,167 more hirings than departures... more firings than hirings. Broken down by employment activity in each sector, the three highest
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Unfavourable views of EU strongest in Greece, survey indicates
Societytheir country rather than made it stronger. Fifty nine percent of Greeks also felt that immigrants are more to blame for crime in their country than other groups, the highest of all surveyed countries Regarding... with 81 percent saying Germany played a more important role today than it did 10 years ago
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Central bank points out signs of recovery in business lending
Economywas lower than the aggregate figure, dropping by 0.6 percent in 2018, from a 0.1 percent drop... than 500 SMEs which employ less than 250 staff, access to credit is still considered one... to 17 percent, down from 23 percent in the same period in 2017 and substantially lower than
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Greece tax wedge rises two places to 13th highest among OECD countries, report finds
EconomyFeaturesthan for a worker on the same income without children in most OECD countries due to the provision... percent in 2017 to 40.9 percent in 2018, which is notably higher than the OECD average tax wedge in both... pps, which is slightly lower than the OECD average increase of 0.6 pps. The bulletin also looked
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Budget primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Mar, beating target by 2.42 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod, higher than their target by 54 million euros. Compared to the same period last year, the three... in the aggregate period, above target by 1.35 billion euros, and 8.2 percent higher than for the same... months of the year, expenditure came to 12.75 billion, landing 1.01 billion lower than target. The MoF
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