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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
Agorafor incomes (worth an amount equal to 1 percent of GDP) has to be implemented in 2019, rather than 2020... lined up for 2019 (also 1 percent of GDP). European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
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Pension cuts due in 2019 fuel political battle, election talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsto pensioners being avoided. Coalition MPs voted last year for reductions amounting to 1 percent of GDP... (a reduction in the tax-free threshold worth another 1 percent of GDP) should be brought forward
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CPI remains unchanged in April
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1 percent. The overall CPI on an annual basis was impacted by a decrease in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages by 1 percent, a drop in clothing and footwear by 0.4 percent, lower prices
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
Agoraείναι ο Σοσιαλδημοκράτης Σολτς πιο αυστηρός για το χρέος από Σόιμπλε;Γιατί Τσίπρας,Τασία έστειλαν 1 εκατ...] Schaeuble? Because [Alexis] Tsipras and Tasia [Christodoulopoulou – ex-deputy migration minister] sent 1
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Concerns raised about next year's pensions cuts
EconomyFeaturesEmployees at Greece's main social security fund have raised the alarm regarding the extent to which pensions will be cut next year, when Greece is expected to trim its spending on retirees by 1... of 2019, totalling 1 percent of GDP.
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Credit contraction deepens to 1.9 pct in April, balance at 179.13 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit contraction in the Greek market deepened to 1.9 percent in April compared to a contraction of 1 percent in March, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Tuesday. This resulted..., the corporate lending sector’s balance was also negative by 1 billion euros, while the household
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Fall in apartment prices decelerates to 0.2 pct in Q1 for slowest contraction on record
EconomyMacroeconomyin apartment prices has remained under 1 percent. Compared to the previous quarter, apartment... to an average drop of 1 percent, improving against the drop of 2.4 percent in 2016. Apartment prices
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Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
EconomyProgrammeto implement the cuts, which aim to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP, might be realised. Moscovici... and reducing the tax-free threshold in 2020 so that another 1 percent of GDP (roughly 1.8 billion euros
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Delay to final tranche over island VAT as lenders quash talk of pension cut reversal
EconomyProgrammealso had to commit that the VAT rate will be raised from January 1, 2019 on Chios, Kos, Leros, Lesvos... to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP or whether it will be able to avoid the cuts, a number
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IMF voices concerns over long-term debt, sees more relief being needed
EconomyProgramme-term growth cannot exceed 1 percent, and even those assumptions can only be achieved if Greece..., which brings real growth that exceeds 1 percent. In the IMF’s baseline scenerio, although debt-to-GDP
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