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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
will leave the remaining 1 percent of GDP in measures, mostly increases to indirect taxes, to be approved... throughout that year will stem from pension reform (1 percent), personal income tax reform (1... lending fell sharply in March, with rates for amounts of over 1 million euros dropping by 90 basis
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
euros and slipped by 6 bps to 5.17 percent for amounts between 250,000 and 1 million euros... for the Airport Development Agreement (ADA) of AIA. The second advisor is expected to perform an independent
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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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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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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the volume could reach as high as 1 billion euros) and the return of collective bargaining as well... be leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing
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