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Public admin shrinks by 11 pct during crisis, share of employment stays below EU average
Society, followed by the UK and France, which had declines of more than 10 percent. In the same period, 19... is proportionally more than the total employment decline. Among the nine countries that saw an increase
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Drop in building permits accelerates to 7.1 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2008, more than three times the GDP contraction over this period. In contrast to other business... than 13 percent over the last four years and their current rate of contraction stands at around 3
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Unemployment rate at 25.7 pct in Jan, lowest since Aug 2012
EconomyMacroeconomya smaller improvement by more than 3.5 pp to 34.1 percent, while unemployment in 35-44 age group... improvement by more than 4pp over the past 3 months. The most recent official forecasts released
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Tax wedge for single, married Greeks well above OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomythe 34 OECD countries with the tax wedge for an average single worker at 40.4 percent. This is more than.... The OECD average tax wedge for married workers with two children is 9.1 pp lower than
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Tsipras steps in amid concern deal with lenders slipping away
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the institutions than Finance Ministry general secretary for fiscal policy Nikos Theocharakis, who has played... of a referendum than of fresh national elections. Alco poll for @protothema If there's an impasse in talks
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Greek pensions: The thorniest issue in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammeof the total monthly expense of 2.35 billion, the bulk (more than 88 percent) involves main pensions... of the year the 13th monthly pension for all those earning less than 700 euros per month. This would
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Greece drafts reform multi-bill as talks catalyst but fiscal gap lingers
EconomyProgramme. Kathimerini daily reported that the key measures aim to raise more than 1.3 billion euros in revenues... than 600 million euros. 7) Combating illegal trade on oil, tobacco and alcohol, with projected
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Only one in 10 jobless Greeks receiving unemployment benefits
Societyfor more than a year and not looking for work are factored in. Of those, only 4,200 (0.78 percent) are registered for the guaranteed minimum income scheme, which pays out a monthly sum of no more than
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Eurogroup build-up dominated by internal friction over way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan financial restrictions as the government is believed to have the money for the IMF repayment... that does emerge from its negotiations with lenders. The option of a referendum – rather than snap polls
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Building activity up by 10.2 pct in Feb for biggest rise since Nov 2013
EconomyMacroeconomy65,474 in 2008. That is more than three times the GDP contraction over this 6-year period. Unlike... are also indirectly linked to building activity, have contracted by more than 14 percent over
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