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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government says it is satisfied by the recent uptick in vaccination rates and an apparent... high infection rates in northern Greece. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, meanwhile, talked up... to keep the economy and society open for the holidays by increasing vaccination and testing rates
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agorablogs. The productivity growth rates in the official documents are much higher than in our blogs... levels well below the better performing countries this implies that the growth rates for future..., as explained below. [3] Potential growth rates of 0.6 percent a year does not mean that Greece could
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On monetary policy and inflation targeting
Agora, real interest rates are determined by the nominal policy rate and (a constant) 2 percent expected... of a quarter point in policy rates send the unambiguous signal that prices are overshooting, which needs... attack from two sides: fiscal dominance as politicians want to be bailed out with low interest rates
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PASOK pushes back against PM's refusal to tax excess bank profits
PoliticsGreek Politicsis high, the gap between lending and deposit rates is higher in Greece than elsewhere. “Banks have.... The government has been pressing banks to lower their loan rates and increase deposit rates to address... that is burdened by high interest rates and charges as well as rising prices. SYRIZA Ahead of the first meeting
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Tourist arrivals up 23.5 pct in October as 2014 overall target rises to 23 mln
Economyrates (+36.4 and +23.5 percent respectively) well above those reported in the peak period (June – September). The second important development involves the robust growth rates recorded in Athens (+29.4... biggest cities, the highest growth rates in the 10-month period were recorded in Kalamata (+72.3 percent
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
rates of the 195 billion euro debt owed to the EU. This corresponds to 61 percent of the outstanding... interest rates and maturity extension, similar to the measures the eurozone could adopt in line.... The credit crunch in the Greek real economy is not only the result of rising interest rates for medium
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
rates rising. 5. Greek banks would not be able to benefit from the ECB’s Quantitative Easing (QE... taxpayers. The second relates to the conversion of the current floating to constant rates so Greece would benefit from the current low levels of long-term loan rates. In addition, Hardouvelis noted
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Greek children lead way in languages at primary school level
Societysouthern EU Member States, reported the smallest rates. Positive self-perceptions of health were... 30 hours a week. School enrolment rates have increased in Greece, moving from 96 to 99.8 percent.... At 37.7 percent, enrolment rates for the 25–29 age group was the highest in the EU. In 2007, only 12
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsdefeat on changes to VAT rates. Athens had wanted to minimise the impact of changes, keeping three... one. However, reports indicate that lenders want just two rates: 11 and 23 percent, with the lowest..., medicines, books and newspapers fall into the lowest of Greece’s three rates, which is 6.5 percent
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The key points from Greece's proposal to lenders
EconomyProgrammein 2016 (excluding VAT) incorporate: 1) Change of the VAT rates from the current level of 6.5, 13..., basic and fresh food stuff, energy, water, hotels and restaurants. The new rates... in an effort to increase VAT and income collection. 3) Increase in the solidarity levy rates to 2% (from
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