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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
to the process is that Tsipras managed to hold off an attack from SYRIZA’s left wing, which wanted... that Greece’s accumulated debt is in effect unpayable. When Greece’s European official creditors.... The imprecise nature of current fiscal and macro-economic projections are having an effect
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S&P holds off on new rating upgrade, ECB holds key to investment grade
Economywill generate downward pressure on the credit rating. The same effect on the rating will come from prolonged infections that will have a material effect on GDP contraction and will push up the debt ratio. All... debt, combined with the impact of the pandemic that had pushed Greek yields up and nobody wanted
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues... primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 1992, it was still large enough to have an immediate effect on the political parties, which... Greeks (ANEL) party took part in Sunday’s demonstration. It is difficult for Tsipras to launch... the latter said that demonstrations would not be helpful, had little effect. The Bishop of Thessaloniki
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatureshave touched a raw nerve at a time when fresh pension cuts and tax hikes continue to come into effect... a reaction. In addition, charges of cronyism strike at the heart of the SYRIZA/ANEL coalition... limited number of sectors. In effect, the trends suggest that the government is hiring where it can
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What brought down Golden Dawn?
Societyand tried under SYRIZA/ANEL, entering its final stage under New Democracy), lawyers for the prosecution... played a part in bringing the party down, but its effect was not straightforward. Rather than causing instant public revulsion, the prosecution had a catalytic effect on the party’s internal cohesion
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Ring of Fire
Agoradestructionists bearing chunks of marble and Molotov cocktails on one side and the monolithic police armed
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
AgoraIt was the house that did for him. Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos succumbed to the base desire of enshrining his wealth and potency in real estate. Hubris, however, blinded him to the dangers of choosing a property within a marble fragment’s throw of the Parthenon. On some days
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Current account surplus at 1.21 bln in September on services balance growth
EconomyMacroeconomyCoöperatief U.A. by Pavlidis S.A. Marble-Granite, and the sale of a 100 percent stake in TRAINOSE
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