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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agoraof GDP is much deeper than the -42 percent of GDP for the Euro Area-19 as a whole (Euro-19 includes... (according to the Maastricht criterion). The reader may verify that financial liabilities are larger than... does, then the financial net worth to support our governments is even worse than if we include
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Newsletter 345 - 08/07/2022
representation system, do not produce a clear winner, a coalition should be formed rather than holding a second..., 35.1 pct of voters would back ND in a second round, while SYRIZA would gain even more than... electricity bills, with a total fiscal cost of more than 700 million euros. This takes the total
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agorathat the future population is expected to be slightly bigger than suggested in the data from 2018. Consequently, in blog 17, the working-age population, on baseline, was also projected to be larger than initially thought in 2018. In blog 18, we found a slightly larger labor force than was assumed in 2018
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agora. The EC growth outlook in its “baseline” scenario is higher than the “high” or optimistic scenario... rebound in employment shortly after the Covid shock to the EU economy than foreseen by the EC... that the EC assumes that the EU27 growth rate in average labor productivity going forward will more than
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Where are the Conservatives?
Agorathan one based on an ideological projection of being perceived as left, center-left, center-right, or right. That facts and numbers are more important and relevant than marketing campaigns and political..., in the EU sample is 22 members.[1] This means that Greece has a cabinet that is 3 times larger than
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
after individual taxpayers and small earners rather than corporations and wealth. The unpopularity... group is marketing itself as a more genuine voice for the left than SYRIZA under Kasselakis’s... realism that can change people’s lives” rather than “apolitical governance.” One of the key criticisms
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The nightmare of our choice
Agoracaused more than half of the deaths at Tempe. In the absence of an official and substantiated... more conciliatory, to pacify a clearly angry public as opinion polls showed that more than 70 pct... the freight train’s load. No explanation was given as to why the parliamentary inquiry was less than
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Newsletter 461 - 09/05/2025
centre-right New Democracy party and no sign of encouragement for any opposition party other than far...-left group’s support slightly higher than for PASOK, which remains in third place. The social democrats... Democracy 13 pct of those questioned, which is one point lower than in February. Significantly, 52
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Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
Societysuspect corruption in examinations and grading, with more than half agreeing that grades and exams can... opinions. Social networks are the most popular online activity, with more than 80% of respondents saying they spend more than half an hour every day on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agoradeficit for that year should have been just under 4 percent of GDP, rather than the final figure..., was pumped up so it would be bigger than Ireland’s, which was 14.3 percent, and therefore the biggest... of Greece’s fiscal derailment in 2009. If for no other reason than that it is important to appreciate
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