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Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
Economya bleak outlook for the Greek social security sector. The estimated 2016 deficit for the two main... pensions to the private sector has an estimated cash deficit of 700 million this year, which is due.... The latter currently stands at 1.3 billion, while ETEA’s total wealth is estimated at 3 billion
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SETE study presents short- and longer-term prospects of Greek tourism
EconomyMacroeconomypercent. In addition, travel revenues are estimated to rise by 6.4 percent to 14.55 billion in 2016... with foreign tourist arrivals estimated to reach 34.8 million in 2021 from 26.1 million in 2015... the overnight revenues are estimated slightly higher at 78 euros in 2021 from 75 euros in 2015. The direct
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Can Greece learn to love renewable energy?
EconomyFeatures/uploads/2016/06/GSR_2016_KeyFindings1.pdf [2] https://www.dei.gr/en/i-dei/i-etairia/tomeis-drastiriotitas...&language=en-US [6] http://energytransition.de/2016/06/the-evolution-of-renewable-energy-sources-res..., an estimated 19.4 percent of global final energy consumption in 2014 came from renewable sources
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
AgoraAssociation estimated that public hospitals were short of 6,500 permanent staff. There is another aspect... on pharmaceuticals per person shot up by an estimated 80 percent over the same period. Both the absolute... cases are estimated to be for conditions that could be otherwise dealt with at primary care units
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Greece digests EU-US trade deal amid mixed reaction
Economyestimated for the EU for this year and next, in the region of 1 pct, the new trade deal could trim up... on Greek products. Earlier in the year, the Bank of Greece estimated that US tariffs on Greek goods of 10... turbulence during the first half of the year so the impact estimated by the BoG could
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IMF recognises Greek 2013 surplus, sees less burdensome financing needs
Economytarget with a substantial margin,” the IMF said. For 2014, the IMF estimates Greece will retain a primary.... Surprisingly, the IMF’s estimates for Greece’s total financing needs are materially lower than... reasons for the deviation from October estimates is lower maturing debt and, to a lesser extent
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Parliament's budget office sees Greek recovery finely poised
EconomyMacroeconomyweigh on the recovery. The PBO estimates that the economic recovery this year may be stronger than... estimates of a rise based on the improvement of Greek corporates’ competitiveness. The PBO stresses... and 67.25 billion including year-end 2013 legacy debt, the PBO estimates it will accelerate in the coming
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Greece returns to growth after long recession, GDP figures show
EconomyMacroeconomyquarters of recession, according to the flash estimates published by the Hellenic Statistical... percent. The reported figure was better than estimates (Reuters poll) of a 1.3 percent growth.... Estimates for international tourist arrivals have been upward revised three times this year
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Portuguese election: Where those who lost may decide
Agoraand the emigration waves (official estimates indicate that almost 500,000 Portuguese have left the country in 4... in the same period. Also, according to its most recent estimates, the IMF believes that the unemployment rate in Portugal will drop this year almost 1 point compared to April estimates, although growth
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Unemployment down for second straight month in August, falls to 24.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2015 and further to 27.1 percent in 2016, from 26.5 percent in 2014. These estimates incorporate... estimates now calling for a milder recession of 1.4 percent in 2015 from 2.3 percent before. The OECD, with similar GDP estimates to the EC, expects unemployment rate at even lower levels at 25.2 percent
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