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Greece gets tranche and looks ahead to next tasks, including pensions and NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof 1 billion. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that the pension reform has been moved... percent of GDP in 2015 and around 1 percent in 2016. Almost half of cost savings for 2016 have been...) for employers by up to 1 percentage point. At the same time an overhaul of the pension system has
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Where things stand on the Greek pension reform proposals
EconomyProgrammechanges that were included in the proposed pension system overhaul included: 1) Consolidation... for a 3-year period by a total of 1.5 percentage points (pp), 1 pp for employers and 0.5 pp for employees... 600 million euros required for achieving the agreed pension cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8
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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammecontributions for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage points (pp), 1 pp for employers and 0.5... in contributions e.g. for 1 pp in total. This means that the government has to consider alternative measures... by 1.13 billion, there are several items worth around 1 billion (0.6 percent of GDP) in the 2016 budget
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammepercent or around 1 billion euros, mostly related to measures that are incorporated in the 2016 budget but have not been either legislated or implemented. These interventions relate to: 1) Imposition... measures. Also, Greece has to identify measures yielding a total of 1 percent of GDP (0.75 percent coming
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This is how things stand as bailout talks head for a brief pause
EconomyProgramme1 percent of GDP. On pensions, on top of the measures already implemented last summer, which are meant to yield 0.5 percent of GDP, an additional 1 percent is required for the next years. Half... for farmers and the self-employed. Tax Tax measures, which are expected to yield 1 percent of GDP
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Pension and income tax reform bill sets out 4.4 bln in new measures
EconomyProgrammeof the proposed measures. The government aims to collect additional annual revenues of 1.7 billion euros (1... and around 640 million to incremental revenues. Cost savings 1) Elimination of the solidarity grant... Additional revenues 1) Rise in contributions for supplementary pensions by 1 percentage point – 362
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
will leave the remaining 1 percent of GDP in measures, mostly increases to indirect taxes, to be approved... throughout that year will stem from pension reform (1 percent), personal income tax reform (1... lending fell sharply in March, with rates for amounts of over 1 million euros dropping by 90 basis
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
package of parametric fiscal measures amounting to 1 percent of GDP, including an increase in the basic... to be voted in the days ahead (another 1 percent of GDP in fiscal measures, the framework for the sale of non..., the coalition has done most of its heavy lifting for the time being. The 1 percent of GDP in further fiscal
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Greek banks on cusp of improved liquidity conditions
Agorawould no longer be eligible as collateral for ECB funding from March 1, 2015. This means..., for each 1 billion euros of deposits that is returned to the banking system, Greek banks can redeem an equivalent amount of pillar bonds with a nominal value of 1.8 billion. Assuming that this 1
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First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammeand the independent revenue agency. Privatisations 1) Agreement with the institutions by the end of June... Development Plan by the end of August. Energy 1) The Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has to proceed... for the implementation of the EU target model for the electricity market. Independent revenue agency 1
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