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IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomy) and the Finance Ministry anticipate GDP growth of 2.5 percent this year. In addition, the Bank.... The Finance Ministry and OECD have higher unemployment forecasts of 22.6 and 23.1 percent for 2017... for 2016 are based on preliminary data provided by the Ministry of Finance as of February 15
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Newsletter 115 - 21/04/2017
. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos led the Greek delegation to the US capital, where he is due to hold... director, Christine Lagarde, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Greece does not expect..., according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin. The year-to-date
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek Politics. In an article published in The Guardian last week, Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister... and Finance Minister Michel Sapin promised support in private but failed to deliver, Macron seemed... commentary in Le Monde), Macron understood that what the eurozone finance ministers and the troika were
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Despite snags, coalition expects multi-bill approval before Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsto completing the second review. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to lead the briefing, which... off. Kathimerini reported on Thursday that the government wants the Finance Ministry to have... by the coalition reportedly foresees that the decision will be taken by the finance minister after
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Newsletter 118 - 12/05/2017
, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin revealed on Friday. The breakdown showed revenues fell.... Kathimerini reported on Thursday that the government wants the Finance Ministry to have the ability... reportedly foresees that the decision will be taken by the finance minister on the recommendation
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Newsletter 119 - 19/05/2017
the multi-bill would lead to a series of positive developments for Greece. Finance Minister Euclid... that a “tsunami” of investment is lined up to boost the Greek economy. Growth forecast revised downwards Finance... from zero previously. In a legislative improvement tabled in Parliament, the Finance Ministry (MoF
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing put back to the next gathering of eurozone finance ministers on June 15. Eurogroup chief Jeroen... to be a difficult meeting that ended on a disappointing note. Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos suggested... involving all the finance ministers in Brussels, Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble, Dijsselbloem, the IMF
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe key to an agreement at the next gathering of eurozone finance ministers on June 15. The message... if there is no agreement on making Greece’s debt sustainable. The prime minister knows that if Finance Minister... week but which would also secure access to QE. The proposal put to the Greek finance minister
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Tsipras tackles two fronts as debt talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe one made to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on May 22, alternative scenarios continue to abound... also reports from Germany suggesting that the Finance Ministry in Berlin believes that Athens has to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding to receive debt relief. The response from the Greek Finance
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What can Greece expect at the next Eurogroup?
Agorathem on May 22. At last month’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers, the reluctance... on the table fell short of what Athens had been expecting. Unsurprisingly, Finance Minister Euclid.... On May 22, it appears that Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made what he thought was a concession
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