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  1. What higher ECB haircuts on collateral could mean for Greek banks' liquidity
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    Economy

    percent for loans (less than 60 days past due) and GGBs. The bulk of collateral is in the form of pillar... banks have so far used pillar II bonds with a nominal value of more than 45 billion euros, while... 80 billion. This means that Greek banks may raise additional liquidity of less than 20 billion

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  2. What next for Greece's revenues and spending?

    Agora

    and the absence of ANFA income, the actual figure for June may miss the target by more than 400 million... budget projected much higher revenues of 6.43 billion euros. This is due to the inclusion of more than... (with incremental revenues of more than 800 million compared to the regular monthly figure

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  3. General gov't cash primary surplus to May halves, arrears keep rising

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The general government (gg) primary cash surplus more than halved to 557 million in the 5-month... period last year. Although narrowing by more than 37 percent, local government’s also displayed... more than offsetting a reduction in expenditure by 6.3 percent to 13.9 billion. Arrears Arrears

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  4. Primary surplus 3.1 bln above target in H1 on severe underspend

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Investment Budget (PIB) balance (by 1.81 billion) more than offsetting a revenue gap of 1.67 billion... expenditure was surprisingly 961 million better than target and PIB balance 700 million above target leading... than target. In the absence of SMPA and ANFA income in May and June, the respective 6-month figure

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  5. Report sees fall in salary earners, big rise in part-time work during crisis
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    Economy

    , the number of salary-earners in the private sector fell by more than 300,000 in the 2010-14 period compared... a rise in part-time employees with flexible employment making up more than half of total new hirings from... to the total jumped from 28 percent in 2009 to more than 44 percent in 2014. The net balance of hirings minus

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  6. Seven in ten Greeks overweight, extensive new study indicates

    Society

    percent in Attica. Moreover, it established that Cretans walk up to an hour less than the city dwellers of Attica. The study, which is based on interviews with more than 4,000 people across the country..., with the percentage reaching over 50 percent for the over 65s. While more men than women tend to be more

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  7. Budget execution improves significantly in Oct, primary surplus reaches 4.53 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million, two-thirds lower than last year’s figure of 2.45 billion euros, and 2.09 billion better than... that amounted to 953 million euros more than double from last year and incorporate the ENFIA payment, while... reflects lower income tax (by 306 million) and VAT revenues (by 191 million) more than offsetting higher

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  8. Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates

    Society

    of 27.2 percent. The Greek figure was also noticeably higher than the next countries, Latvia (31.8... results show that more than nine out of ten companies in Greece (91 percent), as well as 89 percent... increase on 2013. More than half of all companies in 22 member states say the practice of tailor-made

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  9. Meimarakis and Mitsotakis make it into run-off vote for New Democracy leadership

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    was thought to have gained less than 45 percent and Mitsotakis more than 30 percent, which would leave... chances of staging a second surprise. Opinion polls had indicated that Tzitzikostas, rather than... to vote for a 3-euro fee) led to some 400,000 people casting ballots, which was much more than had been

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  10. 2015 primary surplus exceeds target as revenues outperform and expenditure is reined in

    Economy

    to an over-performance of 1.13 billion. Primary expenditure was 626 million better than target, while.... For the whole year, primary expenditure eased 1.5 percent to 41.3 billion, 626 million better than target... was kept broadly stable (-0.2 percent) to 48.55 billion for 2015, 719 million better than target. PIB

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