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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policy, Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Agora). This is the estimate we use for Greece’s Natural Rate of Unemployment, reflecting reforms that were made during..., which will be growing. We estimate for now an underlying structural interest bill of 4 percent... as the proportion of market-placed debt grows. Finally, we can estimate that Greece needs a structural primary
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IMF revises growth forecasts downwards, emphasising gap with other lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyslightly to 1.8 percent next year. The estimate for this year is a substantial revision from the WEO estimate in October, when the Fund expected Greece to grow by 2.6 percent in 2018. Also, the estimate for 2017 was for 1.8 percent growth, now revised down to 1.4 percent, in line with ELSTAT’s
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IMF still sees fiscal gap in 2018 - no action needed, for now
EconomyProgrammedecade, when the Greek growth estimate eases to 1 percent in 2022. This year’s GDP will be boosted... the deflation years behind, with the inflation estimate at 1.2 percent this year and 1.3 percent in 2018... forecast for 2017 which has been revised downward from the 2.1 percent July estimate. On the fiscal
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Surprise 0.1 pct QoQ rise in Q4 GDP on investment rebound, 2015 recession at 0.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy) of 2015 as it edged up by 0.1 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) compared to a flash estimate of 0.6... estimate and involve December data for the balance of payments and quarterly data for the labour force... but in line with Bank of Greece (BoG) estimate. However, it is lower than the initial forecasts upon
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EC forecast acknowledges pressure on Greek households, revises down growth
EconomyMacroeconomy. The estimate for next year was also downward revised to 2.3 percent, also from 2.5 percent... consumption is now seen growing by 0.5 percent this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018... the previous estimate of 11.5 for 2018 and unchanged for 2019. Exports are seen performing strongly, assisted
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EC ups growth to 2.2 pct in 2019, sees growth in 2020 at 2.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised upward, from 2.3 percent in November to 2.4 percent now. The estimate for 2021 remains unchanged... the market share in export markets. Although the uptick in the growth estimate for this year was implied... that it will converge with Bank of Greece’s, this year’s estimate by Brussels remains below the Greek
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agora, when even the revised revenue targets for 2009 contained an estimate that revenues would grow by 14... their estimate of 2.5 billion euros in revenues. The expenditure disaster However, the true disaster lies... jumped by 18.1 percent vs an annual growth estimate of 9.8 percent. Based on first half of the year
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaves his position as an economics professor at Piraeus University and as Eurobank’s chief... of the size of the task he is taking on. Eurobank’s economic research division, which he headed... to miss their targets. Eurobank said revenues would only be in line with the budget if there is a widening
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How Greek banks' capital needs could be reduced by 2.3 bln
Economyat 2.79 billion euros, Eurobank at 3.21 billion, National (NBG) at 2.56 billion and Piraeus at 2.93... and Piraeus) stood at: 15.6 percent for Alpha, 17.7 percent for Eurobank and NBG and at 14.4 percent...) stood at: 12 percent for Alpha, 9.8 percent for Eurobank, 11.6 percent for NBG and 11 percent
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