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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
of maturities will be set at 15 years but will be reduced by 2 years for each 5 billion euros... 21 when there is a Eurogroup meeting.” . 2 Hirings balance positive by 108,725 in May New record high... 68.4 percent in Q1, declining for a second consecutive quarter. Wages index rises by 2 pct in Q1
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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyjust short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of a 2 percent rise for 2019...’s GDP was expected to grow by 2 percent in 2019 and by 2.8 percent in 2020. The IMF meanwhile anticipated growth of 1.8 percent in 2019, followed by 2.3 percent in 2020 and 2 percent in 2021
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General govt primary cash deficit of 1.85 bln in Apr as revenues decline
EconomyMacroeconomy(including tax refund arrears) fell by 2 million compared to March and came to 2.40 billion. Month... (-3 million each). Extrabudgetary funds fell by 2 million euros, while rises were noted in tax refunds (+16 million) and SSfs (+2 million). Since the start of the year, total arrears have fallen
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agoraand why these differences are important for policy interpretation. In part 2 of this blog, we will call.... Real GDP is the product of labor input and average labor productivity (Q = L *(Q/L)). Figure 2 shows..., and a bigger labor force, hence delivering higher employment throughout the future years (Figure 2
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It remains a mystery
Agoraneeded 13.2 billion in 2010 which was the equivalent of circa 6 percent of the country’s GDP. Again... to the EFSF, Greece is budgeting just over 6 billion euros in interest payments for 2014. That figure
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Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
Economytargeting a yield slightly above the 5-percent mark compared to circa 6 percent a month ago... unsecured corporate bond was priced at a fixed rate coupon of 5 percent and was 6 times
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What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof victory he expects to be decisive. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, he said that a win of 4 to 6... because Elia is not expected to gain more than 6 or 7 percent. However, there will be at least three other
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agorapeaked in 2012 when a 6 pp reduction of economic activity led to unemployment increasing by over 6
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agora. The country was growing between 6 and 10 percent each year with a small blip in 1995 due... protests, Argentina announced on January 6 the abandonment of convertibility. Cut off from international
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBankingof PPI performance are net interest income (NII) evolution and cost containment. NII fell 6 percent.... The quarterly rebound in NII is attributed to Turkey (up 6 percent), while Greek NII eased 1 percent QoQ
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