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  1. Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016

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    month, diving by 13.4 percent in May in what reflects a similar drop in the manufacturing turnover... on the corresponding period last year. The current account (C/A) deficit widened significantly to 411.6 million in May... that travel receipts fell 10.4 percent in May despite a rise in non-residents’ arrivals by 4.4 percent

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  2. The case for a general government balance sheet

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    (according to the Maastricht criterion). The reader may verify that financial liabilities are larger than..., then the policies may be sustainable. A key benefit of such disclosures would lie in the transparency toward... that governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt

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  3. Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

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    -binding referendum. However, the 37 percent turnout was lower than the 50 percent threshold... in September 1995. They continued negotiating on finding a 'compound' name with a geographical qualifier

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  4. ND moves to squeeze votes out of fringe parties, aided by infighting
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    , holding on to 96 percent of its voters from May, while at the opposite end of the spectrum MeRA25, which was voted out of Parliament in May, only manages to retain 45 percent. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s... to the intentions stated in the poll. These include the two surprise stories of the May elections, Plefsi

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  5. Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
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    and the ups and downs of the business cycle. After weakness, the economy may be expected to speed up. After strength, it may be expected to slow down. It is the average trend over the ups and downs... optimistic in general, which may reflect optimism bias as they have skin in the game (political systems feel

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  6. PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls

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    general elections in May, the prime minister has given the strongest public indication yet that he... is due to be held on May 26. “This will not happen,” he said. His comments come on the back of media... on Tuesday, also foresees polling stations being divided in two on May 26, so voters will cast ballots

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  7. Newsletter 51 - 12/11/2015

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    dropped to the lowest since May 2012. The non-seasonally adjusted rate fell by 1.2 points to 23.4... season. August’s jobless figure is the lowest reading since May 2012. Seasonally adjusted GDP slips... or even that of his government or himself. He was focused on finding solutions and remaining true

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  8. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

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    last May. Although tax revenues outperformed their target by 769 million in 2015, new unpaid taxes... since May 2015 but far from the peak of 104.6 of June 2014. Nevertheless, economic sentiment has... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot

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  9. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    improve its capabilities and that they may soon be returned. It is true that there have been some... borders properly and that its future in the Schengen area may be up for debate as it is not showing... seems to be reverting to its old tactic of refusing to recognise reality, while finding someone

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  10. Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
    en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

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    contents suggests that Samaras showed little interest in moulding this into a binding document

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