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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
inflows of 55 million in March. The breakdown showed households posted inflows of 777 million in April... provisional estimates, which showed GDP contracted 0.5 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) and 1.4 percent year... outlook published on Wednesday, the OECD’s latest estimates on Greece point to a marginal contraction
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December retail sales seen down 2.5 pct amid tax onrush
EconomyMacroeconomypercent respectively in private consumption. The OECD estimate is less optimistic as it forecasts... in the excise tax on fuel (440 million) and tobacco products (142 million) and an increase... to the corresponding period last year, according to the preliminary estimates of the Hellenic Confederation
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What next for Cyprus gas after the Exxon find?
Agorarepresent an in-place natural gas resource of approximately 5 trillion to 8 trillion cubic feet (142 billion... option as well as the cut for Exxon, I estimate that the value to the Republic of Cyprus might...: Is it a massive find? A: No. It is a medium-sized find. At an estimated 5-8 trillion cubic feet
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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economy(by 642 million) and higher revenues (by 142 million from shortfall of 620 million to April) more than... the shortfall of 620 million euros by April with 5-month revenues beating target by 142 million... to the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy adopted last month. The new estimates suggested the primary surplus would
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Blinken visit highlights Greece's growing role as key regional partner
PoliticsForeign PolicyCooperation Agreement, updated in October 2021, was the backbone of the robust defence relationship..., after their national elections. The Libya issue was also raised by the US official, who distanced
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Government treads carefully on Trump, looks for positives in EU defence spending tweak
PoliticsGreek Politicsdid not comment on the X post by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis in which he described Vance’s... trade war through its major trading partners in Europe. The Bank of Greece estimates that a 10 pct... Ministry officials have estimated that based on the initial proposal by the European Commission
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EC revises growth estimate upward to 4.1 pct this year, 6 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyThe European Commission updated its economic estimates for Greece in the context of the 2021 Spring Forecasts, where the estimates are slightly improved from the previous forecasts in February... estimates assume the relief measures that have so far cushioned the blow on the economy will not be cut
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
a final estimate of the 2015 fiscal performance, the announced over-performance, which corresponds... than the institutions had forecasted a few months ago. A similar estimate for overall stable GDP... from Athens. A sign that the process is now more robust is that, according to Frontex, the proportion
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agorathat the natural UR could settle around 7½ percent of the labor force. Employment growth has since been robust... will combine the baseline estimate of the LF with the baseline estimate for the UR. For the low
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