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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomythe target. Keeping public expenditure steady is a result of experience during the programme years... debt sustainable. The MTFS revises the initial growth estimate for 2018 to 2 percent, from 2.3 percent.... Although the chronic problem of the negative external balance during the crisis was corrected through
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures will be required to halt a surge in Covid-19 cases related to travel during the peak..., and calling on holidaymakers to follow protective advice during and after their return travel... of testing by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. In remarks made during an interview with Skai TV
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
. The latest ideas were set out by opposition leader Alexis Tsipras and key SYRIZA officials during... that at a conservative estimate, SYRIZA’s package of measures would cost 15 billion euros. Recent opinion... that wasn’t reallocated to the transfer category during this period due to a decision, taken after
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Newsletter 363 - 16/12/2022
made by the PASOK leader during a party event over the weekend, when the latter called for voters... seen at 6.3 pct, from 5.5 pct before and not before 2025 that the inflation estimate, at 2.3 pct... will need to be targeted and focused on the vulnerable in society. During the pandemic, Greece
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Newsletter 373 - 10/03/2023
to the Tempe accident. Participation elicited comparisons to biggest protests which took place during the financial crisis. This is not the first time during its tenure of almost four years... will not get booked against the public debt. The first GDP estimate by ELSTAT showed that the economy
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Newsletter 443 - 29/11/2024
month’s estimate. The socialists pressed the government on the issue of cost of living by proposing... when leader Nikos Androulakis explained the party’s position via social media and during... feel they have seen few tangible benefits during the government’s terms and daily life is challenged
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Deadly factory blast sparks debate on workplace safety
PoliticsGreek Politics. In a statement, the inspectors’ union pointed to Eurostat’s estimate that only one in three workplace... Kostis Hatzidakis who had held the post during a period of reforms, which included establishing... that he recalled that during his tenure at the Labour Ministry the factory in question was inspected
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
it predicted in its previous estimate in early February. For 2017, Greek economy is seen strongly... in the polls and could seek to force new elections. During a regular press briefing, a commission... earlier optimistic estimates, the Eurogroup is not expected to reach an agreement, primarily due
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Gathering signs of coronavirus impact on growth expectations
Economyto 1.9 percent in 2020, almost a full percentage point lower than the government’s estimate. This could... during the second quarter of the year. Should this manifest, the subsequent drop in tourism revenue... on these negative estimates, we seem to be moving away, probably significantly, from the target of GDP growth
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsestimate that 8 in 10 salaried staff will be eligible and 3 in 4 self-employed and freelancers... on national roads during Holy Week. Speaking on Skai TV, government spokesman Stelios Petsas... Federation of Enterprises (SEV) estimates that the cost of keeping so many businesses closed
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