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Reports raise questions about some economic policy decisions
EconomyMacroeconomyand 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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Brussels flags downside risks for Greece as conflict‑driven inflation surges
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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Agoraand The Agora) during 2014. We thank you for your support and look forward to providing more top..., not last year when it was incorporated into a wider property levy. During the two years in question.... They also suggest that the approach adopted during the Greek program, which has focused largely on costs
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
had made during this summer’s election campaigns, becoming the second draft law submitted... scrutiny as budget constraints loomThe issue of tax evasion surfaced during the campaign for the second... of a coordinated messaging by New Democracy during the campaign and now the government during its second
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Q2 GDP rebounds by 0.9 pct QoQ on higher consumption and falling imports
EconomyMacroeconomyestimate of 0.8 percent announced on August 13. According to ELSTAT the improved performance compared to the flash estimates is attributed to the incorporation of June balance of payments as well..., higher than the flash estimate of 1.4 percent, from an upward revised 0.6 percent in Q1. Due
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Q2 GDP rebounds 0.2 pct QoQ but shrinks 0.9 pct YoY amid consumption drop and investment rise
EconomyMacroeconomyof the flash estimate. The provisional estimates also showed that GDP contracted at a slightly slower pace... and by 0.2 percent in Q4 for the full-year estimate of a 0.3 percent contraction, projected by most... Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) provisional estimates displayed on Monday. The headline figure
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Newsletter 115 - 21/04/2017
to 2.7 percent, while its medium-term estimate stands at 1 percent for 2022, lower than its previous... surplus estimate projection for 2016 to 3.3 percent of GDP, from 0.1 percent in the previous WEO and 0.9... economic forecasts for 2017 Fund upgrades fiscal estimates, sees higher surplus for 2016-2018 The IMF
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Newsletter 94 - 04/11/2016
by 0.6 points to 48.6 in October, indicating the seventh sub-50 reading during the year. The continued... to shape policy as it sees fit. During his visit to Nicosia this week, European Stability Mechanism... was positive. The comparison with Greece was stark. “We’ve assisted five countries during the crisis
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IMF sees Greek growth at 2.5 pct in 2015, debt at 172.7 pct of GDP
Economy. GDP growth for 2015 was revised downward to 2.5 percent from 2.9 percent in its previous estimate six... estimates are included in the most recent reform list sent by the Finance Ministry in late March in the context of the February 20 Eurogroup agreement. The IMF revised upward its estimate on Greece’s
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Q3 GDP slips 0.9 pct QoQ on lower private consumption and investment
EconomyMacroeconomy(QoQ) in Q3 2015, at a faster pace compared to the flash estimate of -0.5 percent released two weeks...). According to today’s figures, GDP eased 1.1 percent year on year (YoY) in Q3, from flash estimate... that the difference to flash estimates is attributed to September balance of payments and quarterly date
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