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FDI, rather than tax cuts, holds key to stronger growth rates - study
EconomyFeaturesfound that cutting VAT and personal income tax helped raise consumption levels, but also led to greater imports, which do not contribute to economic growth and job creation. In addition, cutting
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
to their high budget costs. IHS Markit found that cutting VAT and personal income tax helped raise... creation. In addition, cutting corporate tax rates was found to have a negligible positive impact
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsall previous governments of driving down the minimum wage by a third and cutting unemployment benefits... on cutting deals with special interests, while Mitsotakis dismissed him as a “failed prime minister” who
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societythis year that it would be cutting emergency funding to Greece in a move that was widely condemned... to share tents with unrelated men, putting their privacy and safety at risk.” they said. EU Turkey deal... and a better life in Europe.” “The EU and the Greek government need to start putting people’s lives ahead
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From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
Agoraexplicit goals aimed at cutting dependence on Russian hydrocarbons and fossil gas more generally... advantage, putting it in control of energy flows between producing and consuming blocs. Greece’s own...’ (ENTSO-E) 10-year plan putting it a step closer to PCI designation, it is awaiting the results
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Tsakalotos sticks to guns as review compromise remains elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis fiscal space to small- and medium-sized enterprises by cutting the corporate tax rate... with the creditors last year and suggested that the IMF should be putting pressure on the European lenders for more
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeatureswhen the government is heavily focussed on raising revenues and cutting spending on services to meet... of the current programme in August 2018. It is also worth putting these appointments into a broader
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsvow to immediately start cutting taxes. While Staikouras’s background before he entered Parliament...Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s first cabinet reveals a strategy for reforming Greece by mostly putting experienced ministers in key posts and backing them up with a layer of specialists underneath. While
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicsin tax reductions. The cuts are expected to come from a government spending review, cutting... for tax cuts without putting the fiscal target at risk. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is due
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Bid for better use of digital tools likely to have decisive impact on ND's goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, marriages and deaths with the aim of cutting down on bureaucracy and queues. He said... steps in the process will be putting the general secretariat for information systems at the service
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