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  1. Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018

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    growth is seen accelerating further in the last quarter of next year, with the estimate revised... by 1.8 percent, up from the April forecast of 1.7 percent. The current account deficit estimate... projections for Greece. The Fund keeps its growth estimates steady for this year, seeing real GDP

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  2. Reports raise questions about some economic policy decisions
    Photo byPanayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and rather stable growth path in the short-term, with the estimate for this year at 2.2 pct, then 2.5 pct in 2025 and 2.3 pct in the following year. This year’s estimate by the BoG is slightly more modest than the 2.5 pct forecast of the Finance Ministry. Greece’s central bank notes that the estimates

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  3. Brussels flags downside risks for Greece as conflict‑driven inflation surges
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , projecting growth of 1.9% and raising its inflation estimate to 3.1%. Last week, in the progress report...%, with a particularly worrying estimate for investment in 2027, rising by just 1.3% - a strong...% in 2027. Iran impact What will concern the Greek authorities is that even these downward‑revised estimates

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  4. IMF appointment sends ripples of discontent through SYRIZA
    Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greek official at the IMF, Thanos Katsambas. Panaritis’s background, including her work at the World Bank, was cited as the reason for her appointment. However, discontent with the decision was immediately voiced by SYRIZA MPs. By Sunday night 43 MPs and party members had signed a letter asking for her

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  5. Audit of Greek debt adds to pressure on Tsipras in creditor talks

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    taking up her position, may have made Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s task of reaching an agreement... and its lenders – may not be a coincidence. Konstantopoulou has used her institutional role as a platform from which to promote her views. The report issued by the committee, which is also being

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  6. Stand-off within SYRIZA to continue as Konstantopoulou stands firm

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the speaker would either offer her resignation during the meeting or that Tsipras would demand... that the premier is troubled by Konstantopoulou’s behaviour, which includes her insistence on using her role... of the Left Platform and as an unaligned SYRIZA MP she has to decide where her future lies

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  7. Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    was in recess and she had been told by Tsipras not to expect a vote before August 16. Her apparent... Flambouraris launching attacks on her. Konstantopoulou has long forged her own path, making it clear..., perhaps even leading her own party. New Democracy The third bailout is expected to pass comfortably

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  8. SYRIZA buffeting continues as parties get set for official start of election race

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Syntakton newspaper reported on Wednesday that she is preparing to launch her own party... with Konstantopoulou’s idiosyncratic character but the purported plans may be a negotiating tactic to give her... about whether she can launch her own party while she still holds her institutional role in Parliament

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  9. PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    party leader Fofi Gennimata dismissed MP Leonidas Grigorakos from her parliamentary group last week... a potential alliance between the two parties. Her description of a “chasm” lying between PASOK’s... carve out political space that is distinct from the centre ground her rival is interested in. In an op

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  10. Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou told Skai TV that she is considering launching her own political movement or party. After her acrimonious split from SYRIZA following the signing of the third memorandum... to enter Parliament, proved her right. Since then, the party led by former Energy Minister Panayiotis

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