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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
Agorain 2012, the 16+1 network organizes annual Central and Eastern Europe–China Summits. In practice... in the Western Balkans.[1] Apart from China, which stands for the number one, the political and economic... infrastructure over educational initiatives to industrial park construction. The first 16+1 summit was held
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agora(the Book). In part 1 of this blog we will highlight differences in the macroeconomic scenarios... on the Maastricht deficit and debt Criteria. * * * Figure 1 below compares the baseline scenario... that was derived in preceding chapters of the Book.[1] The baseline scenario of the Book is well
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammereforms but also on other measures, each yielding 1 percent of GDP to a total of 3 percent of GDP (5.4... percent, expected to be effective from July 1 and with estimated revenues of around 450 million euros... with lenders and would yield 0.35 percent of GDP involve: As of June 1 Increase in the excise tax on gasoline
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CPI rises by 1 pct in June, staying positive for third month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1 percent in June following an increase of 0.6 percent... July 2017 to June 2018 was 0.6 percent. Month-on-month, the CPI rose by 1 percent compared to May’s...) rose by 1 percent year-on-year in June. Month-on-month the HICP increased by 0.9 percent. The overall
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
AgoraIn 2019, one of us wrote a book[1] about the Greek economy called “The Macroeconomy of Greece... demographics impacts the availability of labor (L). Population. Figure 1 refreshes the population baseline... demographic transition is moving toward an elderly and smaller population. In Table 1, we provide a sample
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About last night
AgoraThe most tumultuous period in Greece’s modern history concluded in the middle of the night... half a day to reach a deal at 1:30 a.m. on Friday regarding the package of debt interventions... in from 2023, when the previous grace period was due to expire. This would require an additional 1 billion
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBankingYoY in H1 but rose 1 percent QoQ with net interest margin (NIM) improving to 2.74 percent in Q2. The quarterly rebound in NII is attributed to Turkey (up 6 percent), while Greek NII eased 1 percent QoQ.... Deposits rose 8 percent YoY in H1 and slipped 1 percent QoQ to 65.4 billion euros. In Greece, deposits
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Greece seeks to finalise 1 pct of GDP in new tax measures to close review
EconomyMacroeconomymeasures related to pension reform and direct taxes - each yielding 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion euros) - the government has to identify additional measures of 1 percent of GDP to cover the fiscal gap of 3... to cover this last 1 percent of GDP are primarily focused on raising (indirect) tax revenues and include
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Supplemental MoU sets out path for maintaining fiscal sustainability
EconomyProgrammeand the formation of a modern public administration and a modern State. In the context of restoring fiscal... worth 1 percent of GDP each will be implemented. This was a discussion that was conditional... will be 1:1. IAPR will also be able to benefit from the public sector mobility scheme, with full
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NBG turns profitable in Q3, NPE stock drops further by 1 billion
EconomyBankingstraight quarter by 1 billion QoQ to 20.1 billion at the end of September. Overall, NBG’s NPEs have... reflecting lower insurance income. Net interest income (NII) improved by almost 1 percent QoQ to 485 million... percent in Q2, remaining by far the lowest among its domestic peers. The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio
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