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  1. Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    during the discussion, which lasted more than four hours. Tsipras’s two main aims seemed... five years rather than supporting the coalition’s effort to avoid what it considers “recessionary

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  2. Public admin shrinks by 11 pct during crisis, share of employment stays below EU average
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    Society

    , followed by the UK and France, which had declines of more than 10 percent. In the same period, 19... is proportionally more than the total employment decline. Among the nine countries that saw an increase

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  3. Drop in building permits accelerates to 7.1 pct in Jan

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in 2008, more than three times the GDP contraction over this period. In contrast to other business... than 13 percent over the last four years and their current rate of contraction stands at around 3

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  4. Unemployment rate at 25.7 pct in Jan, lowest since Aug 2012

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a smaller improvement by more than 3.5 pp to 34.1 percent, while unemployment in 35-44 age group... improvement by more than 4pp over the past 3 months. The most recent official forecasts released

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  5. Tax wedge for single, married Greeks well above OECD average

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the 34 OECD countries with the tax wedge for an average single worker at 40.4 percent. This is more than.... The OECD average tax wedge for married workers with two children is 9.1 pp lower than

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  6. IMF sees Greek growth at 2.5 pct in 2015, debt at 172.7 pct of GDP
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    Economy

    is higher than the previously anticipated levels. The IMF retains its deflation projection unchanged.... The IMF revised upward its estimates on the overall fiscal balance by more than 1 pp for 2015 and 2016

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  7. ELSTAT sees 2014 primary surplus at 0.4 pct of GDP, debt at 177.1 pct

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ratios deteriorated. In particular, the debt/GDP ratio increased by more than 2 percentage points... by more than 7 billion compared to the central government debt of 324.13 billion published two months

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  8. Newsletter 24 - 24/04/2015

    Newsletters

    to less than half of that amount. The government’s decision stems from the extremely tight liquidity... that began this week. However, less than 1.5 hours later, in an interview with Star TV, Mardas said

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  9. Greek pensions: The thorniest issue in talks between Athens and lenders

    EconomyProgramme

    of the total monthly expense of 2.35 billion, the bulk (more than 88 percent) involves main pensions... of the year the 13th monthly pension for all those earning less than 700 euros per month. This would

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  10. Greece drafts reform multi-bill as talks catalyst but fiscal gap lingers

    EconomyProgramme

    . Kathimerini daily reported that the key measures aim to raise more than 1.3 billion euros in revenues... than 600 million euros. 7) Combating illegal trade on oil, tobacco and alcohol, with projected

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