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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agoralowering the stock of debt in relation to GDP. The second Syriza government set the tone as of 2016... interest rates on the debt. Figure 3 summarizes the headline findings, using the ESA accrual accounts...), then the nominal rate would amount to some 3½ percent, instead of the current 1.3 percent.[1] This would mean
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politics) party of former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris to surpass the 3 pct threshold for entering Parliament... Solution follows on 4.5 pct and radical left MeRA25 is sixth on 3.5 pct, just above the 3 pct threshold... or, at the very least, politically perilous because of the precedent it would set and the reaction
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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto a second vote later this summer, where he looks set to win an outright majority to govern Greece... a point short of the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs. Should one or more of these parties make it over the 3 pct mark, it will push up the threshold needed for New Democracy to gain a majority and could
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe stage is set for Greece to hold its second elections of the summer on June 25, when New... to 19.5 pct, down by 0.6 points on Sunday. PASOK is seen rising by almost 3 points to 14.4 pct... Sailing for Freedom (Plefsi Eleftherias) is seen rising above the 3 pct threshold, to 3.5 and 3.9
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Mitsotakis makes final push for comfortable majority as small parties hold key
PoliticsGreek Politicsto get over the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs, the next Parliament could have anywhere between five... sees ND gaining between 158 and 162 seats, thereby meeting the goal that Mitsotakis has set. In one... of the smaller parties vying for a spot in the next Parliament fail to clear the 3 pct threshold
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Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsquestioning of data and its use also goes against the ethos that Mitsotakis has set out since coming... of the far-right party, which emerged from almost nowhere to pass the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs... exception, gaining almost 7 pct of the vote in a series of elections, before dipping below 3 pct in 2019
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Spotlight on challenges to labour productivity growth
EconomyMacroeconomycrisis and is set to become more prominent from 2028 as it will be one of the components... with productivity growth in the region of 3 pct are Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Romania. The think-tank... near the 3 pct average growth mark. However, in all other three categories of firm size Greece
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At sidelines of UNGA, Mitsotakis talks up Greece’s prospects as energy, tech hub
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsumption-driven, the PM explained Moving beyond tourism’s 3 percent share of GDP, Mitsotakis set... already allocates over 3 percent of GDP to its military, upgrading F-16s, acquiring F-35 jets, and taking
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How Greek banks were left on the brink
Agorawith non-financial corporations following with 7.2 billion (23 percent of total). The bulk of outflows, 27.6 billion corresponding to 88 percent of total, stemmed from time deposits. Sight deposits... foreign investor participation in T-Bill rollovers. In the December to April period, total deposit
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Extra taxation did not increase revenues in 2017
EconomyFeaturesbillion euros, 589 million euros higher than the figure for 86.78 billion in 2017. In 2017, the total... that according to the 2017 fiscal data, Greece produced a total surplus of 1.45 billion euros, which... in 2016 when the latest figures report a total balance of 0.6 percent of GDP, or 1.09 billion euros
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