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Greek stocks dive by 4.7 pct as bond yields climb on absence of deal with lenders
Economythe last two sessions, Greek shares fell by more than 10 percent, while their cumulative losses... the last two days, bank shares have lost more than 42 percent of their market value over the past 4.5.... The 3-year GGB yield climbed by more than 270 basis points (bps) to 28.53 percent. The yield of the 5-year
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Yes or no, complex political developments lie ahead for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsif an accurate projection will be available then. As this is Greece’s first referendum in more than 40 years... of the result will only be available at 9 p.m. if there is more than 4 percentage points difference between... fundamentals. This would mean that any agreement is likely to be more onerous than whatever
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor an agreement, which is set to include more fiscal measures than previous offers, but it is still not certain.... A government non-paper stressed that the new deal would cover Greece for a longer period than... to convince his MPs to support it, especially as more than 61 percent of voters rejected a deal
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At risk of poverty/social exclusion rate in Greece edged up to 36 pct in 2013
Societythan Greek nationals (37.6 percent). EU citizens (50.5 percent) living in Greece were also more likely to be at risk than Greek nationals. The data, derived from the 2014 Survey on Income and Living..., which was 3.3 percentage points lower than the 2012 figure. At the other end of the age scale
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Unemployment rate slips to 25.6 pct in April, lowest since July 2012
EconomyMacroeconomysince July 2012. On a non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) basis the unemployment rate fell by more than 2..., the number of unemployed has more than tripled from the 425,000 posted in April 2008. The NSA figures... for males to 22.2 percent, while that for females eased by less than 1 pp to 29.8 percent
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New Democracy finds compromise but SYRIZA seemingly heading for clash
PoliticsGreek Politicscommittee. More than half of the committee's 200 members voted against the agreement Tsipras brought.... SYRIZA’s Left Platform wants a more substantial dialogue than Tsipras is offering at the moment... that he can be seen to be in charge of the process rather than at the mercy of rebels. Things appear
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Total health spending down to 8.65 pct of GDP as public healthcare sees big drop
Societythe country’s statistics agencies that shows the drop is greater than previously reported. The Hellenic... funding as a percentage of GDP was higher in 2010 than previously recorded (9.84 percent as compared... lower than previously reported. Following OECD standards, the new data looks at healthcare expenditure
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Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA but also as a potential pool of support that could give the new party higher ratings than... rebellion than in previous bailout-related votes last month should be expected. It is likely... the parliamentary committees began debating the third bailout on Thursday, rather than Wednesday as Prime
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Tsipras bides his time on confidence vote, weighs up options
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 120 of the 300 lawmakers to back him. The government has 162 MPs but the prospect of Tsipras getting more than 150 votes seems slim as this would involve many of the 44 deputies who failed... Tsipras. Options However, the question is whether Tsipras will accept a result that gives him less than
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Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
Agorabe preferable for them to implement the bailout rather than SYRIZA. Then there is the issue of Tsipras’s... on the more tangible aspects of yesterday’s victory. The margin of SYRIZA’s victory was bigger than... is 20 points lower than the proportion of voters who cast ballots in the 2004 elections. Also
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