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The Agora Podcast - Episode 2 (Tourism, but not as we know it)
AgoraThe second episode in our new podcast series looks at how the Greek tourism industry is faring amid the turbulence caused by the coronavirus. Host Nick Malkoutzis speaks to a specialist on the subject, Eleftheria Pantziou of Greek Travel Pages, to find ...
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Budget primary deficit improves by 7.2 bln YoY in 2021, beats target by nearly 2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the full year landed at a deficit of 10.99 billion euros in 2021, compared to a deficit of 18.2 billion in 2020, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. The primary bal...
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BoG: Growth could be 2 pts lower than expected, inflation may reach 7 pct
EconomyIn the governor’s annual report released on Thursday, the Bank of Greece (BoG) assesses the impact of the Ukraine conflict on Greek macro data, with the baseline scenario of growth now lower by one percentage point and inflation notably higher. BoG pres...
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Economic sentiment improves by almost 2 pts in Apr, consumer confidence dips
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded an improvement in April, rising by 1.8 points to 108.8, after falling by 0.9 points in March, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Sentiment has been improving in five of the last six ...
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Wages index rises by 8 pct YoY in Q2, taking growth to more than 2 years
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) Wages Index maintained a solid growth trend in Q2, rising by 8 percent year-on-year (YoY), from 7.4 percent growth in the first quarter of 2024, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Thursday. The wa...
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Interest Rate, Household Deposits, New, Up to 1 year maturity
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Interest Rate, Corporate Loans, New, Above EUR 1 million fixed maturity
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Budget primary surplus at 1 bln in Jan as tax revenues outperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary surplus was confirmed at 1.02 billion euros in the first month of 2017, broadly stable from last year, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin published on Friday. Preliminary figures were released on F...
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The Agora podcast - Episode 1 (Greece & Covid-19)
AgoraOur first podcast is on (what else?) the coronavirus. Host Nick Malkoutzis discusses with MacroPolis co-founder Yiannis Mouzakis and the website's features writer Georgia Nakou about how Greece has coped with the public health challenge of Covid-19 and ...
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Poverty rate rises in 2021; even after social transfers 1 in 4 children are at risk
SocietyThe latest living conditions published by ELSTAT on Friday shows that poverty resumed an upward trend in 2021 after a series of declines that started in 2014, with 2020 marking the most recent annual low. The risk of poverty threshold has dropped to 5,2...
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