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  1. It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
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    Agora

    point was a primary deficit of just over 10 percent in 2009), Greece is not looking at the last mile but at putting in half as much of the effort that it has done so until now. To get to that point

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  2. EC sticks with 0.6 pct growth for Greece in 2014 but also sees C/A deficit
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    Economy

    . On gg gross debt (as a percentage of GDP), the EC forecasts stand 1 percentage point higher than... and 1.6 percent of GDP respectively. In contrast, BoG forecasts point to an expansion of the C/A surplus

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  3. Come back Cleisthenes, all is forgiven
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    Agora

    billion euros, almost twice the projected amount for the entire year. At some point during.... A case in point is former Athens mayor and health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, who is in the running

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  4. Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase

    EconomyBanking

    said his opposition was a “matter of principle.” The main point of contention is that the new... of these shares stands at high levels (10 percent with a 2 percentage point step-up every year after 2014

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  5. Greek current account deficit rises to 709 mln in February

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    forecasts for a C/A deficit of between 1 and 2 percent of GDP. The BoG's latest estimates point... point to a surplus of 0.7 and 0.3 percent of GDP in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

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  6. Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
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    Agora

    increasing by an average of 0.75 of a percentage point (pp) for every pp of GDP lost. The relationship... and sustainable economic growth. Greece at this point is seriously suffering on all three accounts

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  7. EU elections do not mark end of numbers game in Greek politics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    percentage point victory over New Democracy suggested there was a “disharmony” between voters... tenure in February next year. At that point a new president will have to be elected by Parliament

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  8. Greek economy contracts 0.9 pct in Q1, slowest pace since Q1 2010

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    government and the troika institutions point to a slowdown at -1.8 percent in 2014. Gross fixed... scheduled flights point to a 25 percent increase to 15.8 million in 2014 indicating another strong

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  9. NPLs: The Achilles heel of the Greek banking system

    Agora

    percentage point (pp) compared to those reported by the BoG, we could conclude that the two institutions... figure of 8.4 pp. The IMF chose to point out in its fifth review report on Greece that NPLs

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  10. BoG shows lower deposit rates and a sharper drop in loan rates in June

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    are now almost 1 percentage point closer to those in the euro area. In particular, the rate... that for larger amounts the loan rate In Greece is 1 percentage point higher than the euroarea average

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