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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
rebates and lower energy costs. The verdict of the protesters was that the total package fell... households have seen solid annual growth rates. Fruit and vegetables are up by 14.2 and 14.4 pct... slowed down in January, with the CPI rising by 3.1 pct, from 3.5 pct in December. Growth rates
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Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be negative. Until now, high growth rates had allowed the government to fend off any criticism of its economic.... Shortcomings in other areas could always be obscured by rapidly rising growth rates. If PM Mitsotakis... for SYRIZA over the last few days. According to Alco, 15 pct of total respondents think SYRIZA has
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PASOK tries to take initiative in budget debate as SYRIZA exodus continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsand they benefit from offering high interest rates for loans and low rates for deposits. It is also pushing... slide in the opinion polls even tougher. The left-wing space is already crowded as there are a total
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Newsletter 456 - 21/03/2025
costs in the economy, this means low rates on loans for businesses and households, which lead... banks have been charging some of the highest rates on loans in the EU, which combined with the low... the non-domestic market was down by 4.8 pct. On a monthly basis, industrial turnover in the total market
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Newsletter 474 - 05/09/2025
to €500 per year, while those near the top bracket may gain as much as €1,200. The total cost... of the “personal difference” surcharge for pensioners and reduced flat rates on rental income...-controlled housing stock, rented to vulnerable households at 70% of market rates for ten years
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Mitsotakis delivers major tax-cut package as he seeks to stay course for another term
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterventions – worth a total of around 1.7 billion euros - that had been the subject of intense speculation...). Families will see extra relief, with rates shrinking further for each child in the household. No income tax... to 60,000: 39% from 44% 60,001 and above: 44% (unchanged) The lower-income tax rates will fall
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a total overhaul of the tax system, designed to address the demographic crisis, relieve the middle... where any solution is inadequate. VAT rates are another area on which opposition parties have... Mitsotakis of refusing to implement EU legislation which would enable lower rates on basic goods and sales
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Despite lukewarm reaction, PM insists tax cuts will pave way to third term
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat despite his claims, many of the tax reforms are regressive, including keeping in place high VAT rates... companies and supermarkets and hurting the lowest earners by leaving VAT rates untouched. Communist... and SYRIZA. Eight parties in total would cross the threshold for parliament based on these results
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Housing costs, food prices set limits to impact of tax cuts
Economyin rented properties spent on average 17 pct of their total monthly spending on rent. The average... notes that “there are several factors at play in the uneven rates of food inflation across countries... in the large cross-country dispersion in inflation rates in the post-pandemic period.” This combination
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Greeks living in smaller, older, poorer quality homes during crisis, BoG study shows
Society, with the respective share to total houses increasing to 12.3 percent in 2012 from 9.9 percent... enjoyed the highest share at 22.3 percent of total. This almost halved to 12.2 percent in 2012.... In the EU, both rates were positive at 0.2 and 0.4 percent respectively. In absolute figures, the Greek
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