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Tsipras eyes euro summit if new plan to break deadlock fails
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kathimerini and Bloomberg, the proposal for overcoming the impasse is that 1 percent of GDP in pension measures should be taken in 2019 and 1 percent of GDP from the reduction in the tax-free
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Athens hopes for deal at Eurogroup but doubts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsis under discussion. It entails 1 percent of GDP in fiscal measures (pensions) being implemented in 2019 and another 1 percent of GDP (tax-free threshold) in 2020, but under the condition
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ESM takes stock of Greece's sovereign vulnerability
EconomyProgrammeindicator, a score of 1 to 4 is assigned in the ESM’s analysis. Specifically, if a country is among... the 25 percent worst-performers are assigned the score 1 (most vulnerable). To identify the cut-off
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Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen settled and that there is an agreement in place for 1 percent of GDP in measures, coming mainly from reductions to pension spending, being implemented in 2019 and another 1 percent of GDP
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Greece sees highest tax wedge increase among OECD countries in 2016
EconomyThe tax wedge in Greece remained above the OECD average in 2016, when it increased by more than 1 percentage point (pp), which was the highest rise among the 35 OECD countries, the OECD Taxing Wages... by 1.1 pp until 2016, while the respective OECD average has dropped by 1 pp over this period
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With review set to resume, Tsipras looks for post-deal strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthrough the voting of the new fiscal measures (1 percent of GDP in pension cuts and 1 percent of GDP
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Fiscal surplus back in focus ahead of IMF debt discussions
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the extra fiscal measures lined up for 2019 and 2020 (1 percent of GDP in pension cuts and 1
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Newsletter 115 - 21/04/2017
to 2.7 percent, while its medium-term estimate stands at 1 percent for 2022, lower than its previous... in March, while the Q1 figure plummeted by more than 1 billion to 292 million, from 1.3 billion last year
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Travel receipts fall by another 3.1 pct in Feb on lower spending
EconomyMacroeconomyreceipts from the EU edged up 1 percent to 168 million, while those from non-EU countries fell... to 26 million in 2017. In addition, travel receipts are estimated to increase by at least 1 billion
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Budget primary surplus of 1.1 billion slightly outperforms target by 77 million in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyof 1.07 billion in March following a surplus of more than 1 billion recorded in each of the previous two... higher than target. It is pointed out that primary expenditure notably rose by more than 1 billion from
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