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  1. Study casts light on unusual export profile, identifies areas for improvement
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    exports. The report noted that Greece’s export profile was unusual in that exports represented a small

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  2. Newsletter 339 - 27/05/2022

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    , the PASOK-KINAL leader offered no further hints as to who the party would side with in the event of a hung... significantly overperform.

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  3. Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
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    Agora

    of the 2010s, but this was of course an unusual episode. Most countries have seen a slowing in labor... emerges? We can give some hints at this, too. Consider fiscal policy. Greece has signed up

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  4. Greek pensions laid bare
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    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  5. For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
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    Now that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...

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  6. Taking a macro snapshot

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    “Seems to be this assumption that if you accurately report that the data is getting better (in Greece) you’re Olli Rehn”, said to me the other day someone whose opinion I regard highly and got me... is improving they are more likely to think of Olli Rehn’s visit in May 2010 when he wished Greeks “καλό

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  7. Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
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    Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn saying that the mission teams from the European Commission, the European... Minister Antonis Samaras put the figure at around 1.5 billion euros. Olli Rehn acknowledged

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  8. Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026

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    a tenth of global refined aluminium production, and the closure of Hormuz has disrupted these flows. Europe relies on the region for around 20% of its aluminium imports, leaving Greek industrial players such as Metlen exposed to both supply delays and surging energy costs. Aluminium prices have risen

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  9. Unemployment unchanged at 25.6 pct in Mar but number of employed still falling

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    Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate remained unchanged at 25.6 percent in March, following the upward revision of Ferbuary’s figure, according to the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT). The March headline figure is the third equal lowest reading since July 2012. However, the non

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  10. Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
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    rapidly evaporate. Then there is the issue of Greek bureaucracy. In 2010, two Qatari companies

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