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General gov't cash surplus rises to 3.54 bln at end of Feb, more than double last year
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash surplus in the first two months of 2014 more than doubled to 3.54 billion from 1.45 billion last year, according to the gg bulletin released by the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. The gg cash balance also showed a surplus at 1.93 billion from just
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Greek May CPI falls 2 pct in one of biggest drops for more than a year
EconomyMacroeconomyin more than 45 years, the latest forecasts by the troika institutions and the Greek government point
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Greek GDP drops by less than expected 0.2 pct in Q2, signalling recession exit near
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek economy recorded the 24th consecutive period of decline in Q2 of 2014 as Gross Domestic Product measured in constant prices declined by 0.2 percent year on year, which was better than the estimates for a -0.4 percent drop. The first quarter was revised downwards to -1.1 percent from -0.9
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Greek banks' potential capital shortfalls set to be reduced by more than 2.5 bln
Economyamounts to 13.4 billion euros, 1.92 higher than that reported in Q1. This amount is almost equally split
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Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a precautionary credit line) rather than the measures that Greece will have to adopt to get there. The prime
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More than a fifth of Greeks materially deprived, survey finds
Societythat for poor households (52.5 percent) than non-poor households is (27.3 percent). Unexpected financial
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Tsipras bet on recovery a long shot but offers better odds than snap polls
Agorato have no better political option than to proceed with the agreement and hope that he can ride
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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence rebound by more than 2 pts in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomyindicator fell by 6.6 points to -3.1 in December. This more than offset the cumulative gains of 10.4
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Poverty rate jumped by over 40 pct during crisis, more than anywhere in EU
SocietyGreece saw its rate of poverty increase by more than 40 percent during the economic crisis, the highest jump in any EU state, according to a new German study that measures poverty in a “multidimensional” way, considering education, gainful employment, housing and housing environment and health
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Court ruling on pension cuts more political problem than legal obstacle for govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan about the interventions that the coalition will have to make in the coming years. Tsipras
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