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  1. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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    Agora

    “take off” in September. We are now nearing the end of October and there has been no departure... and a hammer blow for Greece’s beleaguered society. For one, Samaras and his ministers have been busy... surplus at the end of the year would be enough to ward off any demands for more cuts from the troika

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  2. EC sticks with 0.6 pct growth for Greece in 2014 but also sees C/A deficit
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    Economy

    (gg) deficit is expected at 13.1 percent in 2013 including one-off costs related to bank recapitalization (11 percent of GDP), according to the EC. Excluding this one-off item, we see the gg deficit... anticipates the gg primary deficit at 8.8 percent of GDP in 2013. Excluding the one-off bank recap

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  3. How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
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    Agora

    a decisive victory at the tail end of the Greek depression, they would never achieve one. It is strange... one way since this move. The change of personnel did little for the coalition’s unity. The unveiling... billion euros in loans from the International Monetary Fund due in 2015 and 2016, casting off

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  4. Greek primary cash surplus at 1.07 billion at end-May on lower expenditure
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ). It should be noted though that last year’s figure included one-off revenues of 1.31 billion related to the payment of preference shares by Alpha and Piraeus. Similarly, this year’s figure incorporates an one... to 16.29 billion. Excluding the one-off items from periods, the adjusted figures show a more moderate

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  5. Cash primary surplus reaches 1.3 bln at end of June on lower expenditure

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of preference shares by Alpha and Piraeus. Similarly, this year’s figure incorporates one-off revenue... one-off items from both years, we get an adjusted primary cash surplus of 747 million for the first... cash revenues fell by 12.8 percent to 19.11 billion. Excluding the one-off items from both periods

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  6. Cash primary surplus contracts 2.9 pct to 2.68 bln on weak revenues in Sept

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . This year’s figure incorporates one-off income of 556 million the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund... that were transferred to the state in March 2015. Excluding these one-off items from both years’ reported...). Cash revenues dropped by 8.7 percent to 31.46 billion, while excluding the one-off items from both

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  7. Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
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    Agora

    the one-off spending on bank recapitalisations. The figures demonstrate how much fiscal effort Greece has... unorthodox attire or economic views, the Greek economy failed to meet the demanding fiscal targets. No one... implementation, which was calling for even stricter fiscal goals. Although one outcome of last year’s

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  8. Significant revenue outperformance drives budget primary surplus to 4.4 bln in 2016
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    includes the payment of 630 million for one-off support to low-income pensioners. In addition, 2016... overperformance by 2.41 billion, including the one-off payment of 630 million (0.36 percent of GDP... to the 2017 budget, gg primary surplus (excluding the one-off payment of 0.36 percent of GDP) was expected

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  9. Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017

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    collected, 1.07 billion of taxes remain outstanding each month. Tsipras off to US after tricky vote... brushed off difficulties within his coalition this week to set off for the USA on Friday... articles, including the one allowing Greeks as young as 15 to choose their gender. One SYRIZA MP

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  10. Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
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    Agora

    who will lead the effort to unite the country’s centre-left forces has the potential to be one... election in 1981. The fiscal timebomb, though, went off on its watch. And in the June 2012 national.... “…they think they have an imperial past which gives them a right to a grand funeral,” says one

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