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Is there (sustainable) growth in Greece?
Agorafrom this recession is staggering. It will take years – perhaps even decades - to bring Greece’s... of the country’s economic prospects are warranted. A mixed picture is emerging, moving between... a fifth of the country’s annual gross domestic product. The other sector fuelling the recovery
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
their cash reserves and time deposits to a Bank of Greece (BoG) account. According to the bank’s... than planned, equally divided over the two months. Although this accordingly increases the state’s... with the institutions. Revenue collection is obviously a key factor in the state’s liquidity levels. In March
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
, corresponding to 42.3 percent of the total outflow. Management at the country’s banks also indicated... at Thursday’s Eurogroup in Luxembourg, the duty will now fall on eurozone leaders to attempt to reach a settlement. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s office issued a statement expressing confidence
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics. There are a few factors that could work in Tsipras’s favour. If the agreement is clinched thanks to some... not only the time available to him to negotiate but also the potential for involving Europe’s key... for no more elevated a political discussion than Greece’s bailout program being debated
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
of Greece’s request for a three-year loan from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the European Commission revealed its calculations on the country’s funding needs. The gross amount stands close... (1.3 billion); and e) the Greek loan facility (1.2 billion). Due to state’s financing concerns
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
weeks of Greece’s election campaign are likely to be action-packed as SYRIZA and New Democracy try... Alexis Tsipras’s party narrow leads over the conservatives, it is clear that a lot is still... to work with after the 20 September ballot. In contrast to New Democracy’s Evangelis Meimarakis, who has
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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
the interventions agreed so far with lenders as well as the government’s final proposals on certain areas where.... The government’s final proposal shows this could be covered by an increase in contributions for supplementary pensions, a cut in supplementary pensions and the investment of ETEA’s wealth
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Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016
for Marinopoulos, Greece’s largest supermarket chain. stemmed from the household lending sector. Since... of the company’s request will automatically trigger its bankruptcy. Marinopoulos operates via 823 stores... Europe’s conservatives, who appear to be sceptical about faster and deeper integration
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Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016
published its fiscal estimates, which stand below Greece’s bailout programme Draft budget outlines a number..., which is below the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP. In addition, the fund’s estimate... to judiciary It’s been a week of reconciliation and public relations for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agora) party. In the wake of the defeat for the far-right in last month’s Dutch elections, Sunday’s... its energy before reaching the EU’s shores. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker even... – albeit one that he is expected to win comfortably. Although Juncker’s gesture is understandable
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