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How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
One of several indicators that captured the pain suffered by the Greek economy because of the debt crisis and the adjustment programmes is the unemployment rate.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
It is fall season (2023), which means that the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Greece, the European Commission, and the OECD and IMF, among others, look ahead and present their near-term outlook for the Greek economy. This blog attempts to place the messages in context by looking underneath the surface. Can we ascertain Greece’s structural underlying basis?
Contributor: Bob Traa
Categories: Europe (282), Economy (331), Greece (498)
After Greece clambers back to investment grade, what lies ahead?
S&P confirmed last Friday most expectations and upgraded Greece by one notch to ‘BBB-‘ with stable outlook, closing an arduous cycle for the Greek economy that started at the end of 2009, in the wake of the debt crisis that engulfed the country for close to a decade.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
Podcast - A decade in Greece: Looking back on the last 10 years
This episode of The Agora involves a departure from our normal format as we mark 10 years since MacroPolis was launched.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
Podcast - Life on Mount Pelion after Storm Daniel
Storm Daniel hit Greece in early September, leading to almost 20 deaths and widespread destruction, as well as recriminations about whether there had been sufficient warnings and anti-flood works.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Society (142), Greece (498)