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  1. For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
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    Agora

    legislate two reforms that the IMF had been advocating for years. These were the lowering the cost... the IMF for reducing the cost of the pension system and spreading the tax burden to make it more balanced

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  2. Growth conditions improving but more work needed over longer term, PBO suggests
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and executed, the report emphasises. Productivity also needs to be increased, but not at the cost... focus on the smooth and low-cost financing of the private sector, which will drive the recovery

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  3. Alpha Bank makes loss of 52.9 mln in Q2, reaching profit of 12.3 mln in H1
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    EconomyBanking

    . The cost to income ratio came to 49.1 percent in the quarter. The aggregate reduction in expenses.... Impairment losses fell by 6.6 percent QoQ to 313.7 million euros in Q2, corresponding to a cost

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  4. Eurobank sees net profits of 1.1 mln in Q2, NPEs continue to fall
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    EconomyBanking

    percent in Greece. This took the cost-to-income ratio to 47.1 percent in Q2 from 48.5 percent in Q1... YoY in H1 to 336.5 million. The cost of risk in Q2 stood at 1.88 compared to 1.86 in the previous

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  5. Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well

    EconomyFeatures

    . These programmes range in scope and cost from that of Cyprus, which offers full citizenship for a 2 million euro... 40 percent during the crisis, while the cost of ownership has increased through the introduction

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  6. Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
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    Agora

    puts the fiscal cost of the package of measures unveiled by Mitsotakis at 6 billion euros over..., the cost is substantially higher than the pledges made by the prime minister, which were seen

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  7. Manufacturing PMI dips slightly to 53.6 pts in September as sentiment remains strong
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    strong. Input cost inflation softened from June’s peak and fell also to a five-month low. However, inflation still remained high as manufacturers linked the rise to higher raw material cost, particularly

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  8. Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    pensions which fall below the 500-euro mark. For around 20,267 main pensions, the monthly cost... 37.3 billion as the population grows older. The study estimates that the cost of an increasingly

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  9. Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
    By Natasha Pantazopoulou/Fosphotos

    Society

    healthcare system was on the brink of collapse. While funding and staff were cut, the cost of accessing... in providing nursing and medical care to uninsured and vulnerable social groups. Cost, distance to health

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  10. Appeals over past pension cuts sow confusion about potential fiscal impact of backpay
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    Economy

    . Potential cost The Greek government appears confident that the CoS decision of 2015 is clear..., even the short period of 12 months between 2015 and 2016 could cost public coffers more than 2 billion

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