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  1. IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
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    of GDP by 2020 was to be achieved by an ambitious fiscal adjustment coupled with a large privatisation.... In addition, privatisation proceeds were projected at 46 billion euros during 2012–20 and were... percent of GDP) but fell short of the program objective (7 percent of GDP). Privatisation proceeds were

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  2. Athens waits for response from institutions on primary residences proposal
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    of the mortgage instalment. Port privatisation The government is also hoping to point to progress on the privatisation front in the coming days. On Thursday, Parliament’s Trade and Production Committee started debating the bill that will allow the privatisation fund HRADF to auction concession on various

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  3. Draft budget sees stronger growth, fiscal targets being met
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    . Privatisation proceeds are seen at 1.15 billion euros in 2018, from 1.57 billion in 2017 with further...) is estimated to increase by 1.1 percent, following a 1.2 percent rise in 2017. Fiscal estimates... draft budget, which contains its fiscal estimates as well as the underlying macro assumptions. The MoF

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  4. Newsletter 154 -9/03/2018

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    to the Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) first estimate released this week. The headline figure came in below the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of 1.6 percent. The figure.... For 2018, the MoF revised upwards the growth estimate to 2.5 percent from 2.4 percent in the draft budget

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  5. Debt, fiscal path still divide lenders ahead of Washington Group meeting
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    , and slightly lower at 1.8 percent next year. The estimate for this year is a substantial revision from the WEO estimate in October, when the Fund expected Greece to grow by 2.6 percent in 2018. This leaves the IMF some distance from the Greek authorities and the European Commission, which estimate

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  6. Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018

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    the country to grow by 1.9 percent this year, down from 2.5 percent previously. The estimate for next year... this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018 is less than half the previous 1.2 percent growth... estimate of 2.3 percent for this year and 2.6 percent for next year, although this may be revised

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  7. Quarterly GDP growth slows to 1.2 pct in Q2 as investments shrink and imports rise
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    in the Stability Programme for 2022-2025, the growth estimate is revised down to 3.1 pct, from the 4.5 pct figure included in the final 2022 budget. The latest inflation estimate has also been pushed up... published in July, revised down its estimate for this year to 3.2 pct, from 3.8 pct in April

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  8. IMF sees 2024 growth at 2 pct, debt on downward trend due to high primary surpluses
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    by 2 pct in 2024, the same estimate as in October’s WEO. Next year’s growth is also broadly unchanged, with the growth estimate at 1.9 pct. The Fund remains significantly more conservative than the Greek Finance Ministry’s 2.9 pct growth estimate, which was the basis for the 2024 budget. The longer

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  9. GDP up by 1.1 pct QoQ, needs 2.8 pct growth in H2 to reach annual forecast
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    in the Stability Programme sent to Brussels in May, the estimate for 2024 was revised down to 2.5 percent, from the 2.9 percent that was the initial budget estimate. In the latest monetary policy report... from the previous estimate of 2.3 percent. In its growth forecasts, the Parliamentary Budget Office

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  10. Draft budget for 2026 sees growth accelerating to 2.4 pct, tax collections remaining strong
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    . The draft budget slightly revises the growth estimate for this year to 2.2 pct, from 2.3 pct previously. The items revised down for 2025 compared to the previous estimate are investments that are now... will rise close to 261 billion euros, from 249.58 billion euros, against an initial estimate

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