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Why Greece’s ‘also ran’ parties are crucial
Agoramillion votes, or some 19 percent of the total. Taken together, that made them more successful than New... of them who could afford to run again took 368,277 votes, or almost 6 percent. That was more than the communist KKE received and just less than Democratic Left, which won 17 seats. This time round
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
, with a confidence vote due at midnight on February 10, a day later than initially scheduled... by Varoufakis suggesting a debt swap rather than a haircut. Again, anyone observing what key players in SYRIZA had been saying before the elections (rather than taking as gospel the official party line) would
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Greek stocks tumble, bond yields rise in wake of Tsipras speech
Economymillion almost half the average turnover of 162 million last week. Bank shares made up more than 60... more than 3.5 percentage points (pp) to 21.78 percent. It was at 18.14 percent last Friday. The yield of the 5-year bond widened more than 2.2 pp to 16.51 percent from 14.25 percent on Friday
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politics, compared to between 11 and 12 billion euros in January. We also understand that outflows are at less than... indicates that support for the government stands at 59 percent, which is much higher than the combined... decision on the ineligibility of Greek bonds. Although the number seems small, it is larger than most
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Investors' hopes of eurozone deal boost Greek stocks and bonds
Economy, Greek shares have more than offset the earlier losses in the post-election period, now indicating... making up more than half of the daily trading activity. Bonds The positive momentum in the bond market... by more than 1 pp to 9.18 percent.
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Where next for Greece's troubled privatisation programme under SYRIZA?
Economyeuros, more than 3 times higher than the accepted financial offer of the sole bidder. Another... value of state assets, which favours concessions rather than outright sales, as well as a general
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Minor changes in Greek time deposit rates, higher movements in corporate loans
EconomyMacroeconomybps higher than the respective rate in the other comparable countries such as Portugal and Italy... more than 3 percentage points above the respective euro area average rate. In contrast, the rate... 2010, form when data is available. However, it still stands 180 bps higher than the eurozone
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Reported widening of revenue shortfall in Feb as liquidity worries persist
Economy(ENFIA) revenues, are higher from last year but lower than target. In January VAT revenues reached 1.33... of VAT revenues in February, due to the payment of January obligations, would reduce rather than... to the January figure than the total amount would reach 2.63 billion in line with target of 2.65 billion. Note
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Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
EconomyProgrammein the first half of the year, according to the 2015 budget, shows revenues in March will be lower than..., much earlier than in 2014, according to the initial schedule of the previous government. However... was based on the notional rather than the estimated ENFIA revenues. This means that the new tax would bring
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General gov't primary surplus shrinks to 419 mln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros in January 2015, much lower than the 1.88 billion euros posted in January 2014, according... respectively. At the end of January, EFSF/ESM/IMF loans stood at 217.86 billion euros making up more than two.... Both bank-related guarantees make up more than three-fourths of total. The remaining 23 percent
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