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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-03
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[01] PASOK on state of economy
[01] PASOK on state of economy
Main opposition PASOK party spokesman George Papaconstantinou,
referring on Friday to the report by the IOBE institute on the state of
the economy, said "Greek society has different problems with which it
would want the government to deal with, but the latter is dealing with
other issues."
IOBE's report mentions that "a worsening is being recorded in all
sectors of the economy" and refers in particular to industry, services,
retail trade, public works, consumer confidence that is recording a new
record low and the financial state of the household.
Commenting on a statement by Finance and Economy Minister George
Alogoskoufis on the guaranteeing of all bank deposits, Papaconstantinou
said that the European Commission replied that it is not aware of any
such thing, while noting that the government clarified on Friday that
it concerns the increase in the ceiling for deposit guaranteeing from
the current 20,000 euros to 30,000 euros.
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