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Structural considerations for a prosperous Greece
Agorahas higher fertility rates than other euro zone countries). Further afield, Africa is the world’s... to note the global context. On average countries with faster demographic growth rates are also likely to record faster headline real GDP growth rates. This may affect political and economic competition
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Greece - On the importance of productivity growth
AgoraPissarides Report also aim at achieving higher productivity rates. Together with the financial... the annual growth rates in real GDP per capita have been since 1950 in Greece, and what... are calibrated on expected growth rates that are higher than potential, then Greece risks getting into a new
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
Agora, there is little concrete evidence to suggest that at the current low rates vaccination is having the desired..., given that the country is currently battling the worst infection rates of the pandemic to date, which... months of national lockdown. The hope in government circles is that increased vaccination rates
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsis prompting a search for ways to boost vaccination rates among students and teaching staff and offer reassurance to concerned parents of younger pupils. While national Covid-19 infection rates have been... by the dominance of the Delta variant accompanied by low vaccination rates among the population in general
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek Politicsput forward by experts and hospital sources of long waiting lists for ICU beds and high death rates... incidence rates of Covid appear to be falling, official data show that hospital admissions... for this phase. Occupancy rates in Covid ICUs nationwide is approaching 98 pct, while for ordinary Covid beds
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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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