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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agoradata sources: the Hellenic Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Elstat, the Greek statistical agency. Each.... Real interest rates were reset to much higher levels into the emergency of the Greek crisis... nominal rates (Greek inflation was close to nil during this period), until the sharp boost
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Greece takes stock of measures to mitigate Covid-19 impact after Eurogroup reaches deal on latest batch
Economythat the Greek government had been hoping for. It remains to be seen in the coming weeks to what extent... created in the coming months and, in the process, did not kill off completely the idea of some form... comments, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras also suggested that the Greek government believes Thursday
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National Bank first to test market waters in post-election afterglow
Economyin markets, that part of the case is still sleeping off a post-election campaign hangover. The 6 percent... European elections, when Greek markets first embarked on a wild party in anticipation of Sunday’s..., compared with a eurozone average of 3.8 percent. This pointed to the need for Greek authorities
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Newsletter 240 -21/02/2020
Stability Mechanism (ESM) to the Greek government in the context of the medium-term debt relief... in the month, above target by 98 million. A full breakdown will be provided upon the release of the final... billion euros, compared to 16.09 billion in 2018, while foreign arrivals in the aggregate period increased
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What does a bailout exit with a precautionary credit line mean for Greece?
EconomyProgrammeby the Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, which would consist of a new credit line... (a sensitive point for the Greek government) in the design and implementation of both credit lines... that Greece does not fulfil the second condition, while the first is still under discussion. The ECCL
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The completion of the review, though, is just one piece of the Greek jigsaw that has to fall into place over... the end of this week.” This came after Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras briefed his eurozone... to the Greek economy would be around 5.2 billion euros, or roughly 2.5 percent of gross domestic
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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agoraa meeting with some heavyweights of the international investment community. The Greek prime minister... the Greek government to pre-legislate another 2 percent of GDP in tax hikes and pension cuts. Since..., the coalition could then oversee the return of growth to the Greek economy as well as access to the European
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
, sharpened the already significant liquidity issues in the Greek market. Between December and May... on corporate and individuals, exaggerating the already serious financing issues that the Greek market faces... to provide more ELA liquidity, which would require the prior Eurogroup approval of a Greek request
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
put the Greek coalition in the uncomfortable position of having to defend the authorities’ response... package of measures” includes one-off payments of 5,000 euros to families and 8,000 euros to businesses; exemption from the ENFIA property tax; a suspension of property auctions; the writing off
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
in public opinion. Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis brushed off the criticism from the opposition parties as “doomsaying” and insisted that the Greek economy is performing well in terms of growth... and SYRIZA, the left-wing party’s recently elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis also comes off worse than
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