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What this week's VAT changes mean for household budgets and public coffers
EconomyProgrammeThe first draft bill with prior actions that was voted in the Greek parliament early on Thursday included a large reshuffling of VAT rates. The new basic VAT rate was set at 23 percent, while a reduced rate of 13 percent and a super-reduced of 6 percent (from 6.5 percent before) were also applied
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Reshuffle of limited scope, ambition suggests elections on horizon
PoliticsGreek Politics. Palmos Analysis for @EFSYNTAKTON SYRIZA 42.5% New Democracy 21.5 Potami 8 G Dawn 6.5 PASOK 6 KKE 5.5
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Bank holiday to end but capital controls remain and some transactions forbidden
Economyrates are effective as of July 20. Moreover, the hotel VAT rate is set at 6 percent until September
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What's likely to be in the next multi-bill of prior actions Greek MPs will vote on
EconomyProgrammeyears of contributions. The previously applied lower retirement ages will be gradually increased by 6
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Travel receipts up 17 pct in May as average expenditure per trip rebounds
EconomyMacroeconomydeceleration in June with the growth rate landing at 3.2 percent from 6 percent in May. The year
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Stand-off within SYRIZA to continue as Konstantopoulou stands firm
PoliticsGreek Politicsare September 6, 13 or 20.
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New Democracy finds compromise but SYRIZA seemingly heading for clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if there are snap elections (September 6, 13 and 20 have been mentioned as possible dates) Meimarakis
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Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
PoliticsGreek Politicswould last from August 6 to 16.
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General gov't primary cash surplus shrinks in first half of 2015 as state arrears grow
EconomyMacroeconomya drop in revenues by 13.7 percent outpacing a reduction in expenditure by 6 percent. A similar
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ELA funding down by 1.48 bln in July for first monthly drop since May 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyto 163.62 billion, reflecting the higher haircut on collaterals imposed by the ECB on July 6. ECB
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