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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
Societyin the previous 12 months, almost five times the EU average (12 percent). Despite the massive job losses caused... in the previous 12 months, in the EU the average is 57 percent. The same number (57 percent) of Maltese... with their Spanish counterparts, Greeks were again more likely (19 percent, above the EU average of 12
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agorathe euro zone is an important indicator of significant progress. Figure 1 above shows some summary... in these calculations from figure 1 above? The lower bold line of figure 1 is the IMF’s REER.... Why 1992? We will explain shortly. Let us first look for the same concept of the REER in figure 1
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
Agoraas regards the overall fiscal balance on an ongoing basis. Figure 1 below shows in the bold line what this 12-month moving average looks like from December 2013 through August 2021. Figure 1 also... be rolled over, and that no new net debt be incurred.[1] To allow for “normal” shocks and noise around
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Greek budget outperformed targets by 3.9bn euros to August, preliminary figures show
Economy. Primary expenditure was marginally up (0.3 percent) in August, bringing the 8 months figure down 9.1... have excluded it from the aforementioned figures. It is also noteworthy that the 8 months cash deficit... procurement and consumption where 8 months figures accounted for just 15-30 percent of the annual
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ILO highlights social impact of Greek crisis, proposes change in policy
Societyprotection cost were old-age related spending (11.3 percent of GDP) followed by sickness related benefits (8..., which retreated by almost 8 percent over this period. The overall decline in social protection... between 2009 and 2010 and further by 8 percent in the first half of 2011, while admissions to private
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek Politics, SYRIZA increased its support by 8 points, while ND saw a rise of 6.5 points in its support. Movement... his party. The large swing of voters towards ND, the winning margin of almost 8 points... SYRIZA’s more radical left roots. KINAL held its own by gaining almost 8 percent of the vote, which gives
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
pct of GDP in 2020 before resuming the declining path towards 153 pct of GDP in 2029, 8 percentage... annually, higher than the 8 pct on average in the previous estimate. The OECD has also released its latest... of between 8 to 9.8 percent. Private consumption is seen shrinking by 7 percent this year, followed
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey would consider it if they could get more information, while 8 pct said they would do so if a religious figure they trust advised them to get the jab. Another 8 pct said that they would get vaccinated... of their rivals. Third-placed KINAL seems to have had a slight bounce as its rating rose from 6.5 to 8
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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
respondents said they would consider it if they could get more information, while 8 pct said they would do so if a religious figure they trust advised them to get the jab. Another 8 pct said that they would get... from 6.5 to 8 pct. Apart from Covid, the other issue that is causing the government some concern
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicspct who think Tsipras would do a better a job and 8 pct who believe Androulakis would be the best... is best placed to deal with the problem, while 27 pct think Tsipras is more capable, and 8 pct... for Tsipras and 8 pct for Androulakis. Mitsotakis is still regarded as the dominant political figure
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