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Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024
percentage points to reach 3.4 percent. Niki appears at 3,8 percent, down from 4.4 percent in June... does not necessarily follow developments on the credit rating front closely, the assessment by Moody’s
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Newsletter 512 - 10/07/2026
%, ELAS 17.4% and PASOK 12.3%. Greek Solution and Maria Karystianou’s Elpida follow, both hovering..., to almost 11 billion euros. CPI Price growth decelerated in June with a rise of 4.4 pct YoY, from 5.2
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Pension and income tax reform bill sets out 4.4 bln in new measures
EconomyProgrammeThe government tabled in Parliament on Friday evening the bill containing the pension and income tax reforms it had put to public consultation a few days earlier. The draft legislation also introduces a change to gaming taxation. The bill is expected to...
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Eurosystem funding falls by another 4.4 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding remained on a downward trend for the fourteenth successive month in August, when it dropped by 4.39 billion euros, after a similar fall of 4.3 billion in July, Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement displayed ...
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Significant revenue outperformance drives budget primary surplus to 4.4 bln in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus stood at 4.39 billion in 2016, almost double the 2015 figure of 2.27 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Tuesday. The headline figure beat the full-year target by 2.41 bil...
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
SocietyThe proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University of Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute ...
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe terrorist attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday has drawn attention away from the uncertainty created by the failure to reach an agreement on debt relief at Monday’s Eurogroup, but discussions are continuing in the ba...
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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGovernment MPs were due to vote on Thursday afternoon a series of last-minute amendments aimed at ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup. The amendments, a disparate set of interventions on issues, ...
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Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
EconomyProgrammeDuring his visit to Athens on Tuesday, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici seemed to suggest that Greece might not have to implement the pension cuts that have been lined up for next year. When questioned about this issue after a mee...
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