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Greek trade deficit widens by 29.4 pct in July as import rate soars
                EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate at which Greece’s trade deficit is expanding was back into double digits in July, when it increased by 29.4 percent from 7.4 percent in June, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In absolute numbers, the headline figure hiked to 1.89 billion euros from 1.46 billion
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Greek deposits up 0.6 pct to 164.23 bln in August, which sees year's highest inflows
                EconomyMacroeconomysector inflows. Since the June 2012 general elections, deposits have displayed cumulative net inflows
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Troika review begins with fiscal targets and tax breaks in focus
                EconomyMacroeconomywas estimated at 2.02 billion (1.1 percent of GDP) by the IMF in its fifth review report on June 10
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Poor poll figures leave Samaras in quandary over next move
                PoliticsGreek Politics. Karamanlis suffered a defeat to PASOK in the European Parliament elections of June 2009 by almost 4.5
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Greek primary cash surplus more than doubles to 2.45 bln at end of August
                EconomyMacroeconomyto the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) to zero in June, from 9.79 billion in December
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Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
                AgoraI started writing my book, “The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules”, a couple of months after the June 2012 elections. In that nailbiting showdown, a bruised and battered electorate narrowly opted for the pro-bailout camp, headed by New Democracy, over the fiery, austerity-bashing rhetoric of SYRIZA
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Greek banks see Eurosystem funding drop to lowest level since 2009 in September
                EconomyMacroeconomyratio of Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding to total assets stood close to 13 percent in June
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SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade
                PoliticsGreek Politicsresearchers found that 30 percent of voters who backed the anti-austerity Independent Greeks in the June 2012
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Greek deposits increase for seventh straight month, reaching 164 bln
                EconomyMacroeconomyresidents’ outflows of 358 and 663 million respectively. Since the last general elections in June 2012
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Tourist arrivals up 23.5 pct in October as 2014 overall target rises to 23 mln
                Economyrates (+36.4 and +23.5 percent respectively) well above those reported in the peak period (June
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