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CPI falls at a slower pace of 0.5 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomy, while goods index fell by 1 percent. The drop in February CPI is mainly attributed to a decrease... in the clothing and footwear sector (-5 percent), while prices in transport and household equipment also fell 1
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Unemployment edges up to 24.4 pct in Q4 on seasonal drop in employment
EconomyMacroeconomy(i.e. those looking for a job who have never worked in the past) fell by 1 pp from the previous quarter to 22.6 percent in Q4 from 23.6 percent in Q3. The number of “long-term” (more than 1 year
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe top rate of VAT from 23 percent to 24 may help reach the 1 percent of GDP target needed from... to complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax
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Eurosystem funding drops by another 2.8 bln to 101.4 bln in March
EconomyMacroeconomyfunding also fell for the third month in a row by almost 1 billion to 35.25 billion euros, with the bulk... slipped by 1 billion to 36.75 billion. Since July, Eurosystem funding has been slashed by 25.13
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Piraeus first Greek bank to repay Pillar II bonds, others to follow
EconomyBanking1 billion. In addition, Pillar III bonds were only held by NBG for a cash amount of 1.2 billion... basis points above that for ECB funding), while the fees paid to the Greek state exceed 1 percent
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EC expects milder recession of 0.3 pct in 2016, sees debt to GDP at 178.8 pct in 2017
Economystem from the pension reform (1 percent), personal income tax reform (1 percent) and changes in the VAT
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Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
EconomyProgrammereforms each yielding 1 percent of GDP. The key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold..., the government has not yet officially detailed the third pillar of measures worth 1 percent of GDP, which
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Outline of fiscal mechanism for automatic cuts emerges after Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammewill be effective from June 1. If there is a divergence from the target between 0.26 and 0.75 percent... will be 1 percent of GDP. For a shortfall of 1.26 to 1.75 percent, the measures will have to reach
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Drop in building activity slows to 12.2 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyalso fell by 16.6 percent, while the respective volume edged up by 1 percent in February. In absolute.... The institutions’ forecasts point to a further decline by 5 percent in 2016 and 1 percent in 2017
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Government faces tight schedule for amendments to bailout legislation
EconomyProgrammeactions by June 1, before the meeting of the ECB Governing Council on June 2, which is expected... sub-tranche. Houliarakis said that 1.8 billion euros (1 percent of GDP) of this amount will be used
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