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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agora) is a worse place now than it was at some foggy point in the past where we achieved peak Blighty.” Last year..., and often shameless, appeals to emotion carry immense power. As we saw last year in Greece... last June that “we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
AgoraKoumoutsakos said the wise thing would be to wait to see Trump’s policies rather than react to his... in all these countries. As we saw in Britain, an election result can be enough to allow latent anger..., with a sense of abandon rather than fear, “if it can happen in America, then why not here
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Survey shows 42 pct of Greek expats unlikely to return
Societyto Greece (42 percent versus 35 percent last year). Forty percent saw themselves returning in three... or work in tourism businesses. More than half of those surveyed (53 percent) are employees, 17... enough in engaging its highly talented diaspora, rather than considering a lost generation. It cited
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EC forecast acknowledges pressure on Greek households, revises down growth
EconomyMacroeconomyin all four quarters, the last quarter of the year saw a substantial slow down with growth of only 0.1... suggests that “households may be more financially stretched than previously assumed... is less than half the previous 1.2 percent growth forecast and next year’s is also lower from the 1.2
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
unpopularity but also because it does not have more than around 12 months in power left. The political... thereafter. This long-term forecast is a downward revision from the previous DSA parameter that saw real... by over 21 percent to 1.91 billion euros, higher than the target by 561 million euros. PIB revenues
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Appeals over past pension cuts sow confusion about potential fiscal impact of backpay
Economyof cuts to pensions. The first saw main pensions above 1,300 euros per month cut by 12 percent... and, as such, there should have been a more detailed analysis and view rather than the across-the-board... that happened in 2012. However, more than 200,000 pensioners have so far submitted applications to a dedicated
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
tries to correct his party’s errors from the European Parliament elections, which saw SYRIZA end up... of the tax-free threshold is more of a spanner in the next government’s works than a voter-pleasing... a fiscal cost of more than 1 percent of GDP in 2019 and beyond. These range from tax repayments
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BoG awaits go-ahead from DG Comp over NPL scheme
EconomyBankingsooner than BoG’s plan. DG Comp in Brussels has been examining the HFSF plan because the bid... to more than 9 percent of the principal portfolio amount and is capital accretive to NBG (based on Q1... dropped to 81.8 billion euros, falling by more than 13 percent, or 12.6 billion, from the 94.4 billion
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
Agorabringing New Democracy to power with a clear majority, the result, which saw a swing of about 1 million... investment and get the Greek economy growing at a faster rate than has been predicted so far. The three areas.... They are working from a much sounder base than Greece has had for many years, they are making efforts
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Despite ongoing budget talks, ND eyes more relief measures in coming months
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of 2020. Staikouras argued that a better-than-expected performance on the revenue side... by an average of 22 percent. According to the Finance Ministry, more than 1.1 million taxpayers applied... market development, which saw Greece sell 3-month T-Bills on Wednesday at a negative rate of -0.02
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