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Greek parties face fine balance as they discuss name issue
PoliticsGreek Politics, Kammenos has hinted that if there is consensus on a solution he would not stand in its way. The issue...), but on the borderline of clear parliamentary majority, and ANEL on 2 percent, 1 point short of the threshold... Parliament (Public Issue has the Union of Centrists on 2.5 percent and ANEL on 2 percent), the winning
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
that the third review was officially complete, paving the way for the first subtranche in mid-March..., this difference stood at 16.3 points. 2 Economic sentiment at 104.3 pts in Feb Headline figure reaches... and fell by 2 points to -53 in February compared to -51 in January. Year-on-year, consumer confidence has
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
the way for the divestment of some of the Public Power Corporation’s lignite-powered units (another... this year compared to last year, though the average amount payable has declined year-on-year. 2... expenditure came to 9.45 billion euros, very slightly below target by 2 million euros. Net revenues
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyof any OECD country, with tax evasion estimated at between 2 to 5 percent of GDP per year according... the risk of poverty. Furthermore, high taxes don’t always mean that the revenue makes its way.... The equivalent in the UK is 5 percent, and in Germany just 2 percent. Greece’s problematic tax
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
to bubble over in such a way now. It may just be a chance occurrence or, more likely, it is part.... The OECD sees economic growth of 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent in 2019, below the Greek government... lift it above the poverty threshold. 2 Deposits grow by 1.14 bln in March Total deposit include
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Athens and creditors place immediate focus on remaining key deliverables
EconomyProgrammeThe drama-free announcement of the bank stress test results on Saturday cleared the way for Greece... and structural reforms; (2) a clearer view of financing beyond the Third Programme (3) material... to some combination of: (1) a lack of cooperation between Greece and its institutional creditors; (2
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Eurogroup marks end of cycle and squaring of circle for Greece
Agorathis debt sustainable in the long term in a way that will secure the seal of approval from... a debt buy-back in the end of 2012. A margin of 2 percent was foreseen from 2017 onwards. This margin... privatisations (expected at 2 billion in 2018 and over 1 billion in 2019) set the current cash buffer plan at 18
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
growth rate, assuming that inflation will reach 2 percent in 2023 and remain at the that level.... 2 May budget primary surplus at 1.53 bln Confirmed figure beats the target by 1.35 bln The budget..., the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin for May showed this way. Last year’s figure
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Recent study issues warning over ageing population, future pension burden
Society. This projection accounts for various fluctuations along the way. Factoring in these elements, the report’s authors state that while Greece is aiming for 2 percent annual GDP growth, a rate closer to 4... decreased by 2 percent to come to 118,792, still outpacing births and leading to a net shortfall
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2021 will be around 2 billion euros, which is the same as the funding that local authorities... to their residents as far as the way they spend the revenues are concerned. The government, though, argues... euros, will create a fiscal gap. New Democracy responds to this by saying that it will find 2
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