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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agorapolitical and social dynamics. When the cracks in the program design were exposed as early... claims, you end up with a “subordination risk” where private money is seen as being inferior
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Speculation over polls heats up as parties battle over cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOrthodox Easter on April 16 and university entry exams starting on June 2. It is also complicated... taken by EU energy ministers in the coming days will be key in the design of the next support... commenting that it was too early to comment. Responding on the question of local elections, Interior
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Ionian gas deal strengthens government's aspiration of becoming US energy gateway
PoliticsGreek Politicsstake in Block 2 of the Ionian Sea, a 2,422-square-kilometre concession located 30 kilometres west... 3D seismic data using advanced technology to design a safe and environmentally responsible drilling... in Athens — including Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Ambassador
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraas Serbia’s export destination. [2] The share of Chinese investment (Hong Kong included) in total FDI... 2014 – 2017 Gezhouba Group + Guandong Electric Power Design Institute Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBBiH... Electric Power Design Institute as the preferred bidder for the construction of Unit 7 at Tuzla coal
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Omnibus bill goes to Parliament as Greece seeks to unlock 2 bln sub-tranche
EconomyProgrammeincluding the prior actions needed for the disbursement of the next sub-tranche of 2 billion. The bill... retirement age limits gradually increase as of August 19 until January 1, 2022. 2) The minimum pension... by November 15 to unlock the second sub-tranche of 1 billion. The two sub-tranches of 2 and 1 billion
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Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
EconomyMacroeconomyupward revised to 2 percent of GDP from 1.8 percent in the draft budget, above target of 1.75... anticipated impact of 2.45 billion relate to: 1) Income tax reform (716 million) 2) Change in rates... for pensioners (95 million) and other interventions (50 million). 2) Savings from non-public sector
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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
Agoraretirement age was increased twice in Greece.[2] This increases the potential pool of labor... reality, if fertility remains weak. For completeness, we also show in Figure 2 (above) what...). [2] Laws 4093/2012 and 4302/2014 increased the statutory retirement age from 60 to 62 and from 65
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agorathat member states (strategically) adopt this scenario as their own (for which there is evidence[2... emerges when we take the added effort to turn on System 2, or “Slow Thinking,” based on analysis... on “The Macroeconomy of the European Union: A Work in Progress” (in this blog text referred to as “the Book”). [2
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Stability Programme sees improved growth, primary surplus above 2 pct from 2024
EconomyMacroeconomy. The primary balance rises above 2 pct of GDP next year, up to 2.5 pct of GDP by 2026, which is broadly.... Private consumption will continue to grow by 2 pct in the two next years, towards a more moderate..., reaching 2 pct in 2025. Unemployment only falls below 10 pct in 2026, at 9.8 pct.
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Industrial production returns to growth of 2 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomythree contractions since June. It grew by 2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after dropping by 0.1 percent... a drop of 2 percent, after an increase of 0.9 percent in the previous month. The annual movement... business surveys for October, industry confidence went deeper into negative territory to -4.3, from -2
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