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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
in Q4 2015. Investments (-6.8 percent) and exports (-3.3 percent) saw the biggest drops. Retail trade... that lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... saw their earnings from wages sink the most (by 16.4 to 34.6 percent) between 2008 and 2012, while
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
and towns saw the largest protests held for several decades in Greece last Friday, marking..., who was serving as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister at the time of the crash in February 2023.... Greece last saw these yield levels in June last year and has been firmly on a downward path
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsdifference was a surprise, as was the fact that SYRIZA saw its January support drop by less than 1... into Parliament, with 3.6 percent of the vote, also confounded pollsters, most of whom saw the nationalist... in as prime minister on Monday, with his ministers due to follow on Tuesday or Wednesday. · The resounding
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
as talks resume Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took to centre stage again on Thursday to warn Greeks... to express concern about the pressure being put on the national health system. The prime minister’s... events, as Tsipras knows very well as a result of the Mati wildfire, and the current prime minister
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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
as part of a bid to capitalize on the latest slip-up by New Democracy. The extreme weather, which saw... against the authorities as officials attempted to shift the blame onto each other. Eventually, Prime.... Instead, the prime minister took direct aim at the private company managing the Attiki Odos tollway
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drop in Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 1.7 percent in December after peaking with a 2.9 percent decline in November, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent for the f...
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased by 1.27 billion in April, showing a monthly rise for the first time since December 2013, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure stood at 61.96 billion at the end...
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Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
SocietyThe results of a survey by the Labour Institute (INE) of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which was published on July 17, highlighted how salary earners’ purchasing power has been limited. The survey, conducted in cooperation with Alco...
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Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomyThe evolution of turnover indices for the services sector showed a worsening performance in Q2 2014, with 10 out of the 14 types of services, or specific activities of services as they are referred to, posting a negative growth, according to the Helleni...
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Almost all services in Greece saw decline in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyThe evolution of the turnover indices for the services sector showed a further worsening in the third quarter (Q3) of 2014 with 12 out of the 14 service activities recording a drop, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In the preced...
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