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Greece unveils MTFS seeing 4.2 bln primary surplus in 2014 but just under 2 bln fiscal gap in 2015-16
EconomyMacroeconomythe target. For 2016, the fiscal gap amounts to 1.93 billion (1 percent of GDP), with the primary... remaining broadly flat in 2015, social security contributions are anticipated to surge by 1 billion
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CPI down 1.3 pct in April as Greece remains in deflation for 14th month
EconomyMacroeconomyof the respective VAT rate by 10 percentage points as of August 1. In contrast, health coupled with alcoholic... of 0.3 percent in 2015. On the flipside, OECD latest forecasts point to a stable deflation close to 1
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Bookies see clear win for SYRIZA in EU elections but not in local vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the former’s odds having a 1 pp handicap at 1.36 and the latter’s at 2.80. Sportingbet offers for the first... to 4.30 for the SYRIZA candidate Gavriil Sakelaridis. In the first round, their difference stood at just 1
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Piraeus Bank reports loss of 247 mln for Q1
EconomyBankingpoints QoQ to 109 percent. Eurosystem funding narrowed by 8 billion within Q1 and by a further 1 billion... Core Tier 1 (CET1) stood at 14.4 percent. Taking into account the negative impact from
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomyrevision mainly reflects higher forecasts for revenues (by 1 billion), more than offsetting higher... period. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomytax debt of 1 billion by the end of June. The same target of 1 billion has also been set
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Greeks living in smaller, older, poorer quality homes during crisis, BoG study shows
Societyin 2008. It is estimated that 1 million houses in Greece were built after 2000 but only 10 percent... by 0.2 percent in 2008-2012, apartments grew by 1 percent, while other type posted a double-digit
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Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further
PoliticsForeign Policy-tranche of 1 billion euros, and 47 lawmakers opposed it. The multi-bill contained a raft of reforms... the next 1 billion euros from its lenders. Greece has 5.6 billion euros of bonds maturing this month
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agora-boggling 22% in just 18 months (yes, over 1 percent a month). Greece has endured the largest... and policy decisions. There are numerous other examples of inadequate explanations, including: (1
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Finance Ministry scrambles to correct property tax after error-strewn debut
EconomyMacroeconomyon August 1. The first warning sign that something was not quite right came on August 1, when MoF
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