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The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
Agoraon the 2015 budget, interest payments during this period will reach 2.2 billion euros by March, 3.4... or cut spending in 2015, even if the budget execution is not impacted by the uncertainty
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Commission sees political uncertainty hurting recovery, growth reaching 2.5 pct in 2015
Economy. The EC expects private consumption to increase by 1.7 percent in 2015 and further by 2.2 percent... in the budget adopted for 2015”. Greek debt-to-GDP ratio of 176.3 percent in 2014 is expected to markedly... in the beginning of the year reflecting uncertainty on the implementation of the budget measures
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
system is not currently sustainable since the budget pays each year around 10 percent of GDP... such as Lesbos, Kos and Samos are considerable. However, the UNHCR budget is limited. In 2015... 2.2 million Syrian refugees have fled to its regions along the border. The approximation of costs
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammeworking years. The national pension is not funded by contributions but only from the state budget... from 2.2 percent for income between 12-20,000 euros up to 10 percent for incomes above 220,000 euros... of 190 million euros in 2016 that was never implemented. The 2016 budget envisaged gaming revenues
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Revenues spring surprise by beating Sep target, providing 1.4 bln cushion for Q4
EconomyMacroeconomythat the preliminary budget execution bulletin with the official revenue and expenditure figures is due... stood at 466.83 million. This brings the total ENFIA due at 3.18 billion for this year, 2.2 percent... will be available upon the release of the final budget execution bulletin due after October 20
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Coalition banks on surplus transfers, waits for Hellenikon verdict
PoliticsGreek Politicsfiscal overperformance will help it win the public relations battle over the draft 2018 budget... reaching 2.2 percent of GDP, against a target of 1.75 percent. This would allow the government... of next year. The draft budget also foresees 2.4 percent growth next year, driven to a large extent
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Review gathers pace as mission chiefs prepare for Athens return
EconomyProgrammewith a high degree of anxiety for the lenders to give their views on the 2018 budget. The International... expecting Greece to produce a primary surplus of 2.2 percent of GDP, compared to the 3.5 percent..., which is the latest that the government can submit the final budget for 2018 to Parliament
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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturesgovernments increased subsidies for the system and pushed the country’s health care budget deficit to 50... 2.6 to 2.2 percent of GDP over the same period, from the highest to the second highest in the EU... as a result. That said, Greece continues to spend a high proportion of its total health care budget
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IMF raises forecast for primary surplus but differences with European lenders remain
EconomyMacroeconomyat 2.9 percent of GDP, up from 2.2 percent previously, a number closer to the fiscal estimates... fiscal balance, the IMF sees an almost balanced budget in 2018, with a marginal deficit of -0.1... in 2020 and 2021. The budget is seen in complete balance next year. In 2023, the overall balance turns
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
on the five islands. The savings are set to come from reductions to the defence budget. Tsakalotos also had... increased by 0.9 percent. The Finance Ministry’s projection in the budget sees the HICP rising... in the electricity production index, 2.2 percent in the water supply production index and 1.2 percent in the mining
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