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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
that the current set of decision makers have a higher standard of ethics than their predecessors. Tsipras... euros, or 176.1 percent of GDP, which is lower than the 178.6 percent in April’s estimate, mostly thanks... of the economy but at 317.4 billion is nominally higher than the 315 billion that it settled in 2016. Overall
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December hirings balance positive by 5,970 with annual balance for 2018 up by 141,003 places
EconomyMacroeconomywith 5,970 more hirings than departures, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. Compared to December 2017, there were 9,345 more departures than hirings. Ergani noted... to 45.7 percent of the total, meaning that less than half of all jobs created in 2018 were full-time
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
will conclude with a primary surplus of more than 3.7 percent, above the 3.5 percent target... by no more than 5 percent. In the meantime, Athens seems to be preparing to go back to the markets... On an aggregate basis, full-time employment dropped to 45.7 percent of the total, meaning tat less than half
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
is that the applicant’s total savings should be no more than 50 percent of the unpaid loan, which means... by the borrower should be no more than double the threshold for the primary residence i.e. 500,000... by repurposing any fiscal overperformance, rather than redistributing it, as the current government has done
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Primary residence talks continue amid uncertainty about draft legislation
EconomyProgrammewilling to overcome their reservations if the criteria for these loans is much tougher than... value of the properties in question to be no higher than 130,000 euros (compared to the 250,000 euros originally proposed by the government) and for the borrower to owe no more than 50,000 euros
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No breakthrough in discussions over protection for main homes
EconomyProgrammeof the properties that can be protected to be 230,000 euros, rather than the 250,000 euros propose by the government. They also want the maximum level of the residual mortgage to be 100,000 euros, rather than 130,000. They are also pushing for the ceiling on the deposits that borrowers have to be no higher than
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OECD report highlights stress on Greek middle class during crisis
Societyin the last decade than in the preceding ones. Between 2008 and 2016, real median incomes which act... than increased, shrinking by almost 6 percent per year. The report also found that Greece went against... of cash benefits that the middle class receives is slightly less than its share of the population
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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
than enthusiastic response to the interventions from Greece’s lenders, who were in Athens.... For pensioners earning more than 1,000 euros, the rate will be 30 percent. Achtsioglou said... less than 500 euros a month) and that the legislation to be submitted to Parliament later this month
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ND moves on to next bill after first round of tax cuts approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than 60,000 euros,” while half of that amount is for properties worth more than 500,000 euros... more than 1 million euros are less than 15,000 of 7.3 million taxpayers in total and that their tax... of the total reduction would be enjoyed by those owning properties worth less than 200,000 euros. Staikouras
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
that a better-than-expected performance on the revenue side over the last few months has given... to the Finance Ministry, more than 1.1 million taxpayers applied to settle their tax and social security debts... euros on heating fuel benefit this winter and that the subsidy would be paid out in advance, rather than
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