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SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA landed itself in more hot water this week with its candidate choices for next month’s local and European Parliament elections, creating more doubt about the party’s credentials. The leftist party has dropped one candidate, another has been forced to step down, while a third may also have
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the second consecutive month in April. It landed at 3.03 percent from 2.81 percent in December
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Greek trade deficit up by 21.9 pct in May as exports sink further
EconomyMacroeconomy, while exports landed at 10.65 billion. Excluding oil products, the 5-month imports posted
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Apartment prices see 22nd straight quarter of decline: Down 7.3 pct in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy, the apartment price index landed at 65.1 in Q2 2014, which indicates a cumulative nosedive of 36.3 percent from
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Unemployment at 27.2 pct in May, hardly changed from previous months
EconomyMacroeconomylanded at 34.3 percent, down 3 pp YoY. The latter slipped to 24 percent from 24.1 percent last year
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding sees reduced drop of 334 mln in July
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing a sharp drop by 13.88 billion euros in the preceding two months, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding eased by just 334 million in July, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The outstanding amount landed at 44.62 billion euros at the end of July, from 44.95
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Services help increase Greek current account surplus to 1.37 bln in June
EconomyMacroeconomy. In absolute figures, the 6-month C/A deficit landed at 1.12 billion from 2.42 billion last year
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Greek unemployment rate hovers at 27 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyin their jobless rates, which landed at 35.6 and 23.2 percent respectively. On the flipside
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Credit in Greece contracts by 3.5 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomymonths, net deductions landed at 21 million. Credit contraction continues unabated since
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Greek credit contracts by 3.1 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomyconsecutive month and landed at 212.04 billion at the end of December implying a drop by almost 6 billion
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