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Podcast - Tax cuts and balancing acts: Greece's 2026 budget
AgoraGreece's 2026 budget was voted through Parliament on Tuesday, just ahead of the Christmas break... is in the budget? MacroPolis co-founder Yiannis Mouzakis joins host Nick Malkoutzis in The Agora to discuss... budget amid protests - Reuters Agora Podcast
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IMF insists fiscal targets unrealistic, cites historical evidence to support case
EconomyProgrammefor more than 10 consecutive years. When the primary surplus threshold is increased to 3.5 percent...). Unemployment was moderate (10 percent) and net foreign debt was low (24 percent of GDP). Greece is about... by more than 10 percentage points, the IMF concludes that only a fifth of those continued
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Newsletter 4 - 21/11/2014
months of this year, a rate of less than 150 million per month. The 2015 budget tabled in parliament... percent incorporated in the medium-term fiscal strategy (MTFS) and the 2 percent in the draft budget.... This is in line with the EAP target and above the MTFS and draft budget estimates of 2.5 and 2.9 percent
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society, and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7... with this approach, and it is not all down to austerity. Where does the firefighting budget go? The Greek... Service unions. In fact, the total budget for the Fire Service, a major part of which is spent putting
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Athens eyes cancellation of pension cuts as Tsipras prepares Thessaloniki package
EconomyProgrammeas part of the troublesome second review of the third programme, will be scrapped. “The 2019 budget... Real FM on Thursday. “In fact, the budget will contain measures the will relieve the pressure... measures the 2019 budget would have a surplus of 500 million to a billion euros. Senior government
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
Budget negotiations continue Athens still in talks with institutions on 2020 fiscal gap amid excess...’s draft budget as the two sides try to ensure that there is no danger of a fiscal gap appearing... in the final version of the budget. The economic plan includes tax relief and spending measures worth 1.2
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Newsletter 254 -19/06/2020
in 10 out of 15 services, slightly down when compared to increases in 12 out of 15 services seen... Investment Budget (PIB) balance came to a deficit of 638 million euros, deepening notably from the deficit for last year which stood at 331 million. Budget primary deficit widens to 4.80 bln in May
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
in the budget for more relief measures. However, Greek hopes were dashed on both counts after the first day... budget, while the opposition has been pressing for more radical interventions. The publication... measures would probably be unveiled within the next 10 days. He pledged that his administration would
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Newsletter 363 - 16/12/2022
Staikouras presented the draft budget almost a month ago, the last of New Democracy’s current term, he described it as a historical and deeply symbolic moment, being the first budget in 12 years to be compiled outside an MoU or enhanced surveillance regime. The vote on the budget is due to take place
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Government budgeting on a late RRF sprint
EconomyMacroeconomyThe draft budget for 2026 tabled in Parliament last week contained interesting signals for further... in previous years was affirmed in the latest budget submission, with the outlook for this year’s fixed... to grow by 5.7 pct this year, against an estimate of growth of 8.4 pct in the budget that was submitted
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