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Lenders set out key review issues as Athens tables proposals for fiscal space
EconomyProgrammegranted to farmers and people from areas affected by natural disasters, of which an estimated 3 billion euros turned red during the crisis. The banks are calling for more than 2 billion euros of state... calculations. Finance Ministry officials estimate that 1.2 billion from the bond profits and 200 million
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Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
EconomyFeaturesand leveraged. A recent estimate put the combined funds earmarked for such projects in the public... for “quick wins” in this area, when it launched over 400 digital services for citizens during the pandemic... Governance). The “Digital Reboot” report estimated that between 6 billion and 15 billion euros
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Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
Agoraestimate that 32,769 people would have died if there was no pandemic. Which means that about 9,300 more... anyone to behave well during a pandemic when there is selective sanctioning of those who disregard...At the beginning of the pandemic, we estimated that it would probably last for two years. Today
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agoraalso triggered the crisis in 2009. During the Greek crisis years, the fiscal balance in cyclically-adjusted terms, was reduced by an estimated 16 percent of GDP (equal to the elimination... of the world. Alternatively, we can infer an “unrestricted” estimate of the Greek NII position by adding up
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S&P moves Greece further into investment grade with 'BBB' rating, stable outlook
Economyin 2024. This not only surpassed the Bank of Greece's potential growth estimate of 1.9 pct, but also significantly exceeded the 0.9 pct growth rate achieved by the euro area during the same period. While... trajectory. The government is estimated to have achieved a primary surplus of around 3.5 pct of GDP
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
Minister Kostas Karamanlis, who held office during the fatal train collision that killed 57 in February... for adverse developments to materialize and the 2.3 pct growth estimate of the Greek authorities appears.... Last year, more than 620,000 tourists from Israel visited Greece with estimated receipts of almost
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Final 2026 budget foresees stable growth and strong tax performance
EconomyMacroeconomy, investments were expected to grow by 8.4 percent - an estimate that never materialised. Exports growth... of relief measures during 2025, outside the original budget submission. The public debt composition..., from 9.15 billion in 2025. Interest payments are estimated at 3 percent of GDP, or 7.71 billion
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Newsletter 506 - 29/05/2026
and a post-crisis normalization. However, this growth has come at a cost as IMF staff estimate.... The issue was settled mid-year and permits have been growing since May 2025. During the first two... in the property market. An estimated 35% of Greece’s housing stock is currently not used as a primary
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
surplus target for this year. According to Kathimerini daily, Finance Ministry sources estimate... ND and PASOK in tactical bind After a period during which they were suffering a post-election... of breach of faith is likely to have been seen as an affront by most Greeks. It has to be said that during
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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agorafunding. Draghi confirmed that the ECB insisted during the last Eurogroup on August 14 that any bail... should be met. The first is that “during reviews in the context of financial assistance programmes... and calculations, we estimate that the maximum amount of GGBs that the ECB could purchase up to the 33 percent
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