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Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
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Agoraof 129 percent on an economy of 232.1 billion, is now expected to collectively believe that its debt... maturities and lowering of interest payments of the same volume during the programme’s life, Greece would now... are now in the red and despite a heavy round of state aid and a recent recapitalisation from the private
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SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade
PoliticsGreek Politicsis now on 27.5 percent against 20 percent for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s party. Macedonia..., another significant development has been that the majority, or near majority, of Greeks now believe... elections are now supporting SYRIZA. The same goes for 13 percent of Golden Dawn voters and 12
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agora-Cypriots, though, insist that they should be part of a committee managing the resources now... Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's "zero problems" with neighbours dogma has failed. Turkey is now surrounded... and the Kurds in Syria) but Davutoglu's vision of a Sunni arc stretching out through the region now runs
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean
PoliticsGreek Politicsand or cover short-term funding needs. Until now HFSF funds have only been used for bank... the pending review of the current programme, which was one its key red lines until now. However..., the government now admits that the existing framework will remain unchanged. 7) “To discuss means
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the Brussels Group before the ECB’s executive board meets on Wednesday. But it is now clear... agreement struck now. Athens says it wants more time to discuss these issues, which are the most... agreed now. Without the implementation of the zero deficit rule for supplementary pension funds (meaning
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
decline. 2 Cyprus decouples from Greece Minimising danger of contagion must now be a scenario... it signed the financial assistance agreement in March 2013, it is now on the verge of exiting... negotiations, initially between the previous Samaras government and the troika and now between Prime
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
pensions from 4 to 6 percent and to a similar level for supplementary pensions, where the rate is now.... In contrast, although they initially opposed them, the institutions now agree to government... be on the other side. Right now, though, it doesn’t seem such a good position to be in. The theory
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Economic situation biggest worry for Greeks, latest Eurobarometer shows
SocietyEuropeans (38 percent), immigration is now seen as the main issue facing the EU in 20 member states (up... of the EU in Greece are continuing to improve. Now, 25 percent (+ 2 percent on the last poll) of Greek... now left the group made up of Cyprus (42 percent) and Austria (36 percent) where the respondents
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
of voluntary bond swap offers. Press reports also indicate that bankers are now more optimistic about... participation can be expected in the second half of November. Few lessons learnt in school VAT mess SYRIZA now... that the imposition of VAT on private education, which had no such levy until now (as in most countries around
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyprevious macro assumptions incorporated in the 2016 draft budget published on October 5. GDP is now... estimates, the MoF retained its unemployment forecast unchanged at 25.4 percent in 2015. It now..., nominal GDP is now expected at 175.66 billion in 2015 (up by 1.92 billion from previous estimate
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