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New bid to curb Covid-19 raises demand for more economic support
PoliticsGreek Politicspercentage points to the country’s annual growth. During Thursday’s cabinet meeting, Deputy Finance Minister.... Naftemporiki also reports that according to the Finance Ministry estimates, support to the real
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsenvironment. New Democracy instead has relied on pupils and teachers wearing face masks during classes... on Wednesday that the Finance Ministry is revising its estimates for recession this year and is lowering
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Moody's upgrades Greece to 'Ba3' on back of reforms, warns of tricky period ahead
Economyat building on the institutional reforms that were introduced during 2015 and 2018. Efforts in digital... more critically, the medium-term growth estimates are in the region of 3.5 pct. This will be assisted
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politics. Pressed to give his prediction on when life would return to normal during a panel session at this year’s..., the analysis estimates that “the bloc as a whole would reach only 15 percent by the end of September
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Newsletter 283 -05/02/2021
to help employers during the Covid-19 crisis. Despite the minister’s efforts to douse the fire..., according to the Bank of Greece. The central bank estimates that after all banks complete
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
declared during the second wave. The situation in Athens’s hospitals remains desperate, despite... and the higher funding needs for support measures that have already exceeded the initial estimates by 4
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Summer optimism undermined by uptick in Covid-19 indicators and subdued expectations for tourism
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring the pandemic the average age of confirmed Covid-19 cases fell below 40 years to 39 years... intakes to 40-45 pct, which is closer to the estimates the hospitality industry has been publishing
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Govt views pandemic window as opportunity to advance contentious reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be raised, however, about the funding gap expected to result during the transition to the new system, which some estimates put in excess of 50 billion euros. The changes being planned for the education
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PBO outlines positives from 2021, warns about uncertainty in 2022
EconomyThe Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published its last report for 2021, in which it outlines the favourable macro and fiscal conditions evident during the first nine months of the year. However... with a higher GDP, this could help the primary balance for 2021 beat the budget estimates. The PBO notes
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Some tasks, risks left as Greece takes another step to exit from post-bailout surveillance
EconomyProgrammehouseholds. The report also notes that an added fiscal risk is the prospect of guarantees supplied during... with the latest estimates by the European Commission, this year’s growth is seen at 4.9 pct, before settling lower
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