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Does return to markets signal end of Greek crisis? The perils of ignoring macro-economic fundamentals
Agoraprofile privatisation projects. The single largest foreign investor in Greece since 2011 is a public... have an average maturity of 30 years. The average yield is currently set at 1.5 percent. The loan
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PASOK stakes coalition survival on voters’ fear of uncertainty
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties will remain in single digits on May 25. Even if New Democracy performs more convincingly... steps forward.” In Tuesday’s interview, Samaras set out three conditions for there to be stability
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomylate 2008. The initial amount of state guarantees was set up to 23 billion and that threshold was later... by that date. Funding from the ELA mechanism, which currently stands at low-single digit levels, was launched
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Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Neo-Nazi party has also been polling well in opinion surveys ahead of the EU vote. It looks set... that no single party is likely to dominate in Greece for the next few years, groupings that could become
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agora-told part of the story. The official IMF response to the staff report was contained in a single... set up when monetary policy credibility was at a low ebb; a strong analogy with the Fund. Now
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The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics
Agorathe implications of joining the single currency, so its Olympic planners placed all the emphasis on getting.... The Athens Olympics arrived after euro entry, when austerity was set aside and purse strings were
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Italian government recently. Social measures Tsipras unveiled a set of measures aimed at easing... single property tax, known as ENFIA, and replace it with another levy that would focus on large
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A breakdown of Tsipras's pledges on economic strategy in Thessaloniki
Economyabolish the newly established single property tax (ENFIA) and will re-introduce a tax only on large real... instalment for both tax and SSC obligations set at 30 percent of income. On the key issue of bad loans
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SMEs, backbone of Greek economy, have shed 27 pct of jobs since 2008
Economyto the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), which comprises a set of policy measures organised around 10 principles, remains weak according to EC. In particular, there is not a single area in which Greece’s
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Target revisions leave 880 mln budget shortfall in Oct despite 2.6 bln primary surplus
Economyis in line with the initially set monthly target. Indirect taxes also fell by 14.9 percent in October... such as grants to the single health services organisation (EOPYY) and the complementary pension allowance
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