Greece faces recession warning as bailout talks set to reopen
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GREECE'S most influential think-tank warned on Thursday of a sharp drop back into recession in a report that came hours after Parliament approved a second package of reform measures aimed at securing a new bailout from international lenders.
In its quarterly report, the IOBE institute said that capital controls imposed last month to stop a bank run pushing the financial system into collapse would exact a heavy toll across the economy.
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