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  1. Athens accepts review's toughest fronts remain open
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    measures, such as the reduction of the tax-free threshold that has been repeatedly requested... may be deferred, few developments are expected until the board meeting has taken place

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  2. With review stalled, Athens continues to be coy on concessions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but the measures being detailed after the German elections. There has been no confirmation... in the Brexit vote and the US elections. However, he then admitted that the coalition has suffered

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  3. Unemployment rate stable at 23 pct in November
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    level since April 2015. Over the last 12 months, the unemployment rate has declined by 1.5 percentage..., there is a marked divergence in their projections for 2017. Τhe IMF has the most optimistic forecast (21.3

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  4. Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has visited the Greek capital on Wednesday. Although Moscovici... night, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos suggested that the Greek government has to maintain a tough

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  5. Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    received by the leftist lawmakers who were present during the debate. Tsipras has a knack of using... if the primary surplus target is beaten. There has been no indication that Athens and its lenders

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  6. Credit contraction rises to 1.6 pct in Jan on extended deductions of 885 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to 24.46 billion. Bank lending has been in negative territory since the beginning of 2011... by almost 25 percent. The biggest drop over this six-year period has been recorded in consumer credit

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  7. Greece searches for balanced deal as talks get underway in Athens
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the response from MPs and SYRIZA members to proposals about the reduction of a number of VAT rates has... level agreement has been reached with the lenders, the fiscal path for the coming years, as well as debt

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  8. Greece and creditors dive into details of measures and counter-measures
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    EconomyProgramme

    auctions. After the meeting, a bank official told reporters that uncertainty has returned in the first two... and the duration of the law. As we noted, the Economy Ministry has tabled the draft bill on the out

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  9. Greece, lenders fail to make headway on fiscal and labour issues
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    the state budget. The IMF has repeatedly stressed that more than half of Greek wage earners are exempt..., the Fund has noted that despite the targeted savings of 1.5 percent of GDP by 2018, the pension reform

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  10. Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
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    EconomyProgramme

    Further progress was made during meetings between the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs on Wednesday, with Finance Ministry sources saying that the out-of-court workout issue has... beating the fiscal target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018. Moreover, almost zero progress has been made so

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