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Newsletter 105 - 03/02/2017
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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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agorawere 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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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agorabut 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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Newsletter 118 - 12/05/2017
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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More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
EconomyFeaturespoint 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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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 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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Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019
’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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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands
PoliticsGreek Politics. According to Pulse, backing for the centre-right party has risen by 1 point since January, to 39 pct, while support for SYRIZA dropped by half a percentage point to 25. The only other significant movement was a gain of one point for ultra-nationalist Greek Solution, from 4.5 to 5.5 pct.
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Travel balance falls by 70.9 pct in September as 12.6 bln in receipts vanish in aggregate
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod point to a revenue loss of 1.78 billion euros from this market alone. Revenues from French... per type of border-crossing point, using detailed data on official flows at border-crossing points and historical data on traveller flow distribution by month and border-crossing point. BoG said
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Travel balance falls by 62.9 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomyof Greece’s strongest revenue markets and the numbers for the current aggregate period point... point, using detailed data on official flows at border-crossing points and historical data on traveller flow distribution by month and border-crossing point. BoG said that as of July 2020, conduct
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