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  1. Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016

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    figures for the eight months up to August still point to a drop of 7.9 percent in building permits... the limits of austerity demands on Greece. What is rather uncertain at this point is the amount... crisis during the electoral campaign. But Trump did point out in July 2015 in an interview with Fox

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  2. Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016

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    that it is not willing to countenance the idea of adopting further measures to close the 2 percentage point fiscal gap... in Berlin on Friday with the impression that the IMF’s demands for another 2 percentage point... in the last three months, the aggregate figure for the first nine months of the year continues to point

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  3. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
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    Agora

    , as if to drive this point home and rub salt into the wounds of the Greek entrepreneur. Taxes Let’s stick... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public... inside and outside of parliament dwindle to the point that their survival is in question. Against

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  4. Newsletter 105 - 03/02/2017

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    that the Greek economy is still searching for an equilibrium point after eight years of recession, while it has... point (bp) to 0.70 percent in December, a record low since 2001, Bank of Greece (BoG) data showed..., namely construction confidence (-7.8 points) and consumer confidence (-1 point). Over last twelve months

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  5. What Dijsselbloem didn't say
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    were met and the countries exited the bailouts. Greece is yet to reach this point but each step..., there is no need to cultivate the feeling that someone is getting a free ride. Wasteful south? The other point... it. As economists Alexandr Hobza and Stefan Zeugner point out in a 2014 European Commission paper they wrote

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  6. Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
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    Agora

    but this misses the point that extremists do not necessarily want to be in power when they can... unemployment has fallen to the lowest point in nine years. This is encouraging but it should not make us... in France, will prove a turning point for European politics and the EU as a whole. The evidence suggests

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  7. Newsletter 118 - 12/05/2017

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    time deposit rate edged down 1 basis point (bp) to 0.66 percent in March, Bank of Greece figures... point to net hirings of 125,770, up by around 1,000 from last year’s figure of 124,465. This year’s... that it is unlikely to be enough to block legislation, but it could be the starting point for further legal

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  8. More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
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    point out that “onerous reporting obligations and bureaucratic hurdles” also discouraged innovators...; at the lowest point of the development in 2014, it was at about 42 percent,” the authors explain... as well as well as a reliable and predictable tax system,” they point out. The report suggests

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  9. Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
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    of finance ministers seems the most likely point at which a decision will be taken. This is something... for proceeding with the measure. The IMF’s spokesman Gerry Rice was very clear about this point during... for the opposition parties. They will point to it as a sign of the government’s inability to negotiate

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  10. Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019

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    ’s Office was to point out that when he appeared at the Thessaloniki Expo in September... began in May 1999. Confidence rose to the highest level since collection of this data point began... points for three consecutive months so far. Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell by 1 point in April

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