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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
this year compared to last year, though the average amount payable has declined year-on-year. 2... expenditure came to 9.45 billion euros, very slightly below target by 2 million euros. Net revenues
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyof any OECD country, with tax evasion estimated at between 2 to 5 percent of GDP per year according.... The equivalent in the UK is 5 percent, and in Germany just 2 percent. Greece’s problematic tax
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Athens and creditors place immediate focus on remaining key deliverables
EconomyProgrammeand structural reforms; (2) a clearer view of financing beyond the Third Programme (3) material... to some combination of: (1) a lack of cooperation between Greece and its institutional creditors; (2
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyThere was a promising start to May for Greece’s debt management agency (PDMA) as interest in its T-Bills rose and borrowing costs dropped in the two issues it auctioned successfully on May 2 and May... a declining path. The cost of borrowing for the 6-month bills had dropped to 2 percent at the end
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomydebt sustainable. The MTFS revises the initial growth estimate for 2018 to 2 percent, from 2.3 percent... growth of 2 percent during the period is not just an optimistic forecast. As result, the Council makes
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesto limit the rise of pension expenditure to 2 percent of GDP over the long term (2010-2060). It raised... the top 2 percent of pensioners actually experienced cuts of 40 percent or more. Since 2013, detailed
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Despite debt deal likely falling short, IMF to retain a role in Greece
EconomyProgrammeGermany is thought to be comfortable with) but will be reduced by 2 years for each 5 billion euros... on Thursday. It is expected that Greece’s primary surplus target will fall to around 2 percent of GDP
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Eurogroup marks end of cycle and squaring of circle for Greece
Agoraa debt buy-back in the end of 2012. A margin of 2 percent was foreseen from 2017 onwards. This margin... privatisations (expected at 2 billion in 2018 and over 1 billion in 2019) set the current cash buffer plan at 18
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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBanking, a collateralised portfolio of NPLs from small- and medium-sized businesses worth 2 billion euros is also... NPLs in Greece tot he value of 2 billion euros. The consideration of the transaction, which amounts
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EC sees relief measures securing debt sustainability despite poorer growth, market access prospects
EconomyProgrammeinto a 3 percent long-term nominal growth rate, on the assumption that inflation will reach 2 percent... used in 2015 will be recovered, noting that 2 billion euros were already repaid in February last year
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