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Despite pledges, Greeks uncertain and feel recovery will take years
Societyand believe that the crisis is far from over. When speaking to foreign journalists earlier this month... and that growth would come soon. In fact, the Greek economy is expected to grow by 0.6 percent of GDP
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Cooperatives on Cyprus: Why they were treated differently to banks
Agorawere very close to the state in terms of both economy and politics. In March 2013 the decision... of the sector, far higher that the 39.11 percent of the commercial banking sector. One would assume
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Greece unveils MTFS seeing 4.2 bln primary surplus in 2014 but just under 2 bln fiscal gap in 2015-16
EconomyMacroeconomyso far in 2014, the implementation of structural interventions and the gradual improvement... also foresees that more than 2/3 of the GDP that has been wiped out from the domestic economy
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agoracannot be attributed to it being an anti-systemic force. It is far from that: Theodorakis has been... will not restart the economy, create jobs or improve the public administration. Greek politics is crying out
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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicseconomy. However, the opposition does not come out on top only in the public sector. Its support... in this group. The far right party gained 13.1 percent from these professionals. The only group it did
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politics. The budget execution so far shows a primary surplus of 1.05 billion euros to April... the economy growing by 0.6 percent this year, partly on the back of even stronger tourism figures
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After landmark return in April, Greece prepares to tap bond markets again
Economyon the prospects of the Greek economy. “We welcome the previous bond issuance, and we welcome... in the 6-month notes has nosedived by 200 bps so far in 2014 to 2.15 percent. Similarly, the yield
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agorafor central banks in the 1990s. Why not the Fund? Europe experienced twin crises, one in economy... was one of "je ne regrette rien". The IMF’s policy response so far In April 2013, the IMF published
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicsto convince many in this group of voters. He is far from the first Greek politician to identify... years of how a SYRIZA government might manage the economy, Tsipras’s next challenge is to start
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Greeks most sceptical of EU and US policy towards Russia, poll indicates
SocietyWe recently highlighted the difficulties the Greek coalition was having in steering a steady course as far as its relations with Moscow are concerned. Now, a new survey has outlined to what extent... bad for their country said that this was because it had harmed their country’s economy. Sixty-nine
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