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IMF maintains cautious view on public finances, sees debt declining slowly
EconomyMacroeconomyStrategy of the Greek authorities submitted earlier in the summer, which see the primary surplus climbing to 2 pct of GDP in 2023, 2.8 pct in 2024 and 3.7 pct of GDP in 2025. The Greek authorities see... that will reach 179.6 pct of GDP. According to the Greek authorities, the debt decline will be much
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
polarised battle between New Democracy and SYRIZA. Also, in the abrasive, cutthroat world of Greek... with Alpha, Piraeus transactionsThe momentum of positive developments in the Greek banking sector... proceed, Greek banks continue to build up their capital bases and meet regulatory requirements through
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politicswas followed by the publication of research by leading Greek experts which highlighted the low tolerance the Greek health system has to a high case load during the pandemic and the higher mortality among... in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health which reveals the weaknesses of Greek hospitals in dealing
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Employment data for 2021 shows 88.3 pct of firms have up to 10 staff, 1 in 5 workers earns below 500 euros
Economythe latest digest of the Greek labour market and a profile of Greek entrepreneurship. The data for 2021 has remained broadly unchanged compared to 2020, with the Greek economy mostly defined from micro... employing up to 50 staff. The total of Greek firms employing less than 50 employees stands at more than
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Leaders explain differing views on how to approach Ukraine war
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso criticised Mitsotakis for not making an effort to unite Greek parties behind a common position... that Mitsotakis’s decision sets Greek foreign policy on a different path from the “multidimensional” strategy... of Greek foreign policy. Mitsotakis made it clear that he believes Greece should be closely aligned
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New Democracy's lead narrows amid cost-of-living worries, mixed feelings over Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a controversial issue among the Greek public, who have expressed high levels of disagreement with the choices... tolerance for Russia’s actions. A poll published last week by Politico showed just 60 pct of Greek... in the Netherlands. A large section of Greek respondents in the Politico survey are strongly against
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Greece's fiscal path becoming clearer; sizeable adjustment lies ahead
EconomyMacroeconomywas defined at the end of the third programme in 2018 and was incorporated into the Greek debt... doused any hopes the Greek authorities had about maintaining fiscal flexibility next year. He noted... and the national goal of investment grade on Greek sovereign debt. Reports over the weekend also outlined
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Incorporating impact of Ukraine war, EC revises growth forecast down to 3.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof the conflict in Ukraine on the growth outlook for the eurozone, with the Greek growth rate... by 6.3 pct, suggesting a much higher national CPI. The support package extended by the Greek... with those presented by the Greek authorities in the MTFS a few days ago, which saw growth rates
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Newsletter 339 - 27/05/2022
of the support it has lost over the last few months as the cost-of-living crisis has gripped Greek households... table of Greek politics, displacing SYRIZA as the main opposition and presenting a credible... mixed messages for the Greek authorities. Aside from essentially signaling the countdown towards
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BoG revises growth forecast down to 3.2 pct amid growing uncertainty
EconomyMacroeconomyby the Bank of Greece, which revised down its Greek growth forecast to 3.2 pct for 2022, from the 3.8... confidence in the Greek government displaying fiscal prudence, and a predictable fiscal path is the surest way to the much-desired goal of the investment grade of Greek sovereign debt. Should Greece
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