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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
In Blog 5 for Macropolis, we demonstrated that in Greece the government employment trend, in relative terms, is outstripping the hiring trend in the private sector almost irrespective of the economic cycle.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (344), Greece (522)
The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Greece is trying to boost growth in real GDP and to transform the country into a more efficient and effective generator of economic wellbeing for its population.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (292), Politics (409), Economy (344), Greece (522)
Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
A massive surge in daily coronavirus cases has put the tourism season at risk.
Meanwhile, Ankara’s almost exclusive reliance on the Sinovac vaccine is becoming a major liability due to supply and efficacy concerns.
Markets expect the TCMB to maintain the key policy rate unchanged on 15 April. This sounds reasonable but given the circumstances the potential for a negative surprise is substantial.
Already strained US-Turkey ties could worsen due to the likely recognition of the Armenian genocide by US President Joe Biden.
Contributor: Wolfango Piccoli
Categories: Europe (292), Politics (409), Economy (344)
Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
This fourth blog in our series about the state of the Greek economy for Macropolis aims to improve our understanding of competitiveness, its drivers and the way it is measured. Greece continues to be in a process of economic adjustment, made even more pronounced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (344), Greece (522)
Podcast - Days of wine and roses ahead for Greek economy?
On this episode of The Agora, we check in with the Greek economy again to see how it is performing under the pressure of the coronavirus.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Economy (344), Greece (522)