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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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Unemployment rate stable at 21.2 pct in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyof unemployed fell below the 1 million mark for the first time since Q3 2011 in Q3 2017, but has since gone... unemployed (over 1 year) declined for a fifth continuous quarter to 684,600. Out of the total, long-term
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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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Athens taking more time to consider 2019 measures ahead of budget talks
EconomyProgrammeof the compensatory measures that have been agreed with the lenders in return for implementing 1 percent... to be tabled by October 1 so that its review by EU authorities can begin under the terms of the European
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Building permits up by 4.4 pct in May and 5.3 pct in first five months
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits rose by 4.4 percent in May following a rise of 1 percent in April, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday showed. The latest monthly headline figure marks... drop of 1 percent, improving against the drop of 2.4 percent in 2016. The latest confidence indicator
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Central government debt rises to 345.38 billion in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy(up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5 years) debt accounted for 13.2 and 10.8 percent of the total
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Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammethat cutting pension expenditure by 1 percent of GDP is not necessary in fiscal or structural terms... by October 1 before the economic plan is handed over to the European Commission on October 15 as part
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Athens eyes cancellation of pension cuts as Tsipras prepares Thessaloniki package
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has given its clearest indication yet that it does not intend to implement the 1 percent of GDP in pension cuts due next year. Ahead of the first meeting of Alexis Tsipras’s new... on September 10. The main proposals for tax cuts are: 1. A reduction in the basic tax rate from 22 percent
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No imminent decision on pension cuts as Athens moves ahead with minimum wage increase
EconomyProgrammeit has to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP in 2019 until December 3. The reason given... the draft budget to Greek Parliament on October 1, and then to the European Commission two weeks later
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Tsakalotos states case on pension cuts in bid to overcome lenders' reluctance
EconomyProgrammearguments that the Greek government is hoping will help convince the institutions to allow the 1... budget due to be tabled to the House on October 1 will still contain plans for the pensions to be cut.
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