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Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras’s pledges to the lenders. Breaking point Nevertheless, relations between the government and at least some of its lenders have edged closer to breaking point. The talks that Tsipras is due
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Bank of Greece sees potential for recovery, urges calm in negotiations
EconomyMacroeconomy, which now point to marginal GDP growth of 0.1 percent in 2016 from mild recession of 0.3 percent... percentage point in each of the next three years from 23.5 percent in 2016 to 19 percent in 2019
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Capital controls trigger big rise in card use and VAT revenues, Bank of Greece data shows
EconomyMacroeconomy2016, while the effective rate is estimated to have increased by 1 percentage point due... in the share of private consumption expenditure via plastic money by 1 percentage point results
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Tsipras mixes rhetoric as review conclusion demands political decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be agreed next month. If negotiations drag on beyond that point, elections in other eurozone member... the Greek prime minister also reflects the fact that the process has arrived at the point where
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Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017
Tourism Confederation (INSETE). Specifically, the preliminary estimates for airline seat planning point... Commission and OECD estimates point to a higher increase of 1.1 percent. Tobacco, housing and hotels, cafes
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Q4 GDP contracts 0.4 pct QoQ, growth of 0.3 pct in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomy, the aggregate figures for the whole year point to a real GDP growth of 0.3 percent, which is exactly the same... and the IMF point to a strong recovery of 2.7 percent for 2017. The Finance Ministry also expects
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Greece in inflation for first time since Feb 2013 as CPI rises 1.2 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, at a slower pace compared to the drop of 1.7 percent in 2015. All recent forecasts point... OECD and European Commission estimates point to a higher increase of 1.1 and 1.3 percent respectively.
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Q4 GDP contracts 1.2 pct QoQ, leading to recession of 0.1 pct for 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyfigures for the whole year point to a marginal GDP contraction of 0.1 percent compared to growth of 0.3... The most recent forecasts by the Finance Ministry, the European Commission and the IMF point
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics, Tsipras has not yet reached the point where he can sign up to an agreement that would be accepted by his... minister made a point of raising the issue at the meeting of European socialist leaders in Brussels
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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the European Union due to concerns about labour legislation. He also made a point during a speech.... "This point is often discussed amongst leaders and it is a position that we all share - and, of course
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