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Polls indicated support for two main parties growing as start of elections marathon looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the current iteration, when only valid ballots are factored in. SYRIZA’s backing has risen by 1... of the vote as its support dipped by almost 1 point to 9.8 pct. The undecided voters stand at 12.4 pct..., although there is a 1-point fall for the Communist Party (KKE) in fourth, dropping to 5 pct. Nine
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Draft budget sees growth picking up in 2024, strong revenues driving primary surplus to 2.1 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1 billion and corporate tax by 2.1 billion. All income tax collection in 2022 is seen reaching... at 21.56 billion, also up by roughly 1 billion euros. Revenues and spending Expenditure also beat initial... to a surplus of 5.05 billion euros, or 2.1 pct of GDP, and the total deficit to 7.49 billion euros, or 1 pct
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Newsletter 432 - 06/09/2024
spending on health and education to the tune of 1 billion euros, pension increases which will absorb another 1 billion euros, and defence procurement. The Finance Ministry is hoping that the European... not exceed 5 pct. The data is not groundbreaking as other metrics regularly published by Eurostat
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomymillion above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects... following a downward revised modest growth of 1 percent in 2014) and a higher growth in exports (+5.2
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
see Greece being on course for a primary deficit of 1 percent of GDP this year, compared to the last forecast for a 1 percent surplus. Beyond that, the various parties have to get down to discussing... definition of a growth strategy and investment agenda for Greece is subject to a set of economic conditions
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
Turkey since January 1, compared to 4,500 in the same period last year. have arrived by sea... the meetings, held on Monday and Thursday, the government proposed a new set of measures to farmers, aiming..., Greek banks’ pro-forma Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) and total capital adequacy ratio reached 18 percent
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... the top rate of VAT from 23 percent to 24 may help reach the 1 percent of GDP target needed from... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold
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S&P affirms Greece’s rating with stable outlook
Economynotches above that of Moody’s (‘Caa3’ set on July 1, 2015) and two notches higher than Fitch (‘CCC’ set on August 18, 2015). The rating agency said the affirmation reflects its assessment... at the high-end of the eurozone, S&P notes. For 2016, S&P forecasts GDP to contract 1 percent, versus
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Tsipras tries to resolve trash row as opposition goes on offensive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks set to overcome one of the domestic problems that has been troubling it over... the meeting, the prime minister set out the government’s ideas for ending the dispute. This was based... regarding the Noor 1 drug smuggling case. Kammenos responded in Parliament on Monday to questions from
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeeuros between July and September, thereby meeting the goal set by the creditors. It was subsequently.... The government has previously suggested that the excess surplus would be around 1 billion euros and would be shared among 1 million households. The creditors, however, are keener for any extra funds
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