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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politicslist to direct election by overseas voters. The Interior Ministry will be responsible
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Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
Agoraof the Hellenic Ministry of Finance, that the Syriza 2 government (from September 2015 to July 2019... a look at Syriza 2. This administration ran an average overall surplus of 0.1 percent of GDP a year... that the economy is growing. But the stock of debt during Syriza 2 increased by some €19 billion
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agorasuggests that trend output growth sits around 1¼ percent a year. The OECD seems to be below 2 percent... officials and economists suggests that potential output growth may hover “around 2 percent...). But Greece cannot make an average nominal GDP growth rate of 5 percent, which would imply 2
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
). Fall in goods deficit contributed to the improved current account figures. 2 From Brexit to Berlin... to accentuate the positives of EU membership. How could Boris Johnson’s bluster about independence be rivalled
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Lenders set out 49 milestones for Greece to meet before next bailout tranche
EconomyProgrammewill have to achieve by mid-October for the disbursement of the next bailout sub-tranche of 2 billion... strategy for the banking system 2) Completion of a credible strategy on non-performing loans (NPLs... supplementary funds into ETEA was signed on August 25 and became effective as of September 1 2) Early
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Waiting for Eurogroup outcome, ND and SYRIZA focus on economic interventions
PoliticsGreek Politicsas this amounts to the 2 pct of GDP envelope that has been agreed by the eurozone. However, the government... of new clusters emerging, and at centres housing migrants. Athens is hoping that the teleconference... clusters emerging. Migration Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis said over the weekend that any migrants
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agorainteresting detail is that the 5 percent nominal growth rate can be thought of as 2 percent... for a maximum debt ratio of 60 percent, then the tolerable maximum deficit would have been 2 percent..., and a possible reform of the Maastricht Criteria? Table 2 provides some data. Based on the most likely
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The targets and deadlines in Greece's privatisation programme
EconomyProgrammebe approved by the EC in November and the delivery of airports would be completed by March 2016. 2... involve: 1) Regional airports divided into two clusters of 7 airports each. The tender was awarded
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The key points from Greece's proposal to lenders
EconomyProgrammewill be implemented as of October 1. 2) Introduction of a reward point system for the registration of receipts in an effort to increase VAT and income collection. 3) Increase in the solidarity levy rates to 2% (from... of the social security funds (SSFs) into three in two phases and over a period of 3 year. 2) Suspension
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
statements they expect a softer GDP contraction of between 1.5 to 2 percent this year... and 3.3 percent YoY in Q3 and by a further 2 percent QoQ and 5 percent YoY in Q4. The full-year... than its previous forecast for a recession of 2 percent for 2015. Note, though, that the bank
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