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Survey of 2023 household budgets highlights lasting effects of debt crisis
Societyspending is down by over 20 pct compared to 2008, which is broadly in line with widely reported data that find wages in Greece down by circa 20 in terms of spending power. Since 2008, Greeks have... average, followed by Epirus at 78 pct. The median spending of the richest 20 pct of population
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
to work with after the 20 September ballot. In contrast to New Democracy’s Evangelis Meimarakis, who has... on 20 September is small, say less than 2 percentage points, it is difficult to see how one could govern... after September 20. Revenue gap widens in July String of taxes due in last five months of the year
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoragrowth. Consider Table 1 below, which presents recent growth outlooks for Greece by the Ministry... suggests that trend output growth sits around 1¼ percent a year. The OECD seems to be below 2 percent... are average workers in the economy becoming more efficient to make up for fewer in number.[1
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Newsletter 353 - 30/09/2022
, with the spending of the 20 pct richest now 5.2 times more than the poorest 20 pct, from 4.8 times in 2020. The poorest 20 pct of the population increased their spending by just 2.6 pct, against 10.7 pct of the richest 20 pct. Allocation of spending on food for the poorest 20 pct is almost 35 pct, against
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Polls continue pointing to SYRIZA victory as new post-election scenarios emerge
PoliticsGreek Politics) January 18, 2015 Public Issue for @AvgiOnline SYRIZA 35.5 ND 30.5 Potami 7 KKE 7 G Dawn 6.5 PASOK 5 Ind... the results of surveys carried out by 13 companies between January 7 and 15. The average... poll of polls has To Potami in third place with 7 percent, followed by Golden Dawn on 6.2
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SYRIZA offers compromise over judicial dispute to prevent more turmoil before polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials’ terms end on June 30, while the national vote is to be held on July 7. Critics also noted... two days later that the elections would be on July 7 so as not to interfere with university... SYRIZA knows that if it is to claw back any ground on New Democracy on July 7, it will have to make peace
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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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European Commission keeps DSA broadly same, stresses need for relief
EconomyProgramme, 9.3 percent in 2020, 20 percent after 2045 and 20.8 percent by 2060. The Commission stresses that the latest figures are above the thresholds of 15 percent in the near term and 20 percent for long... is consistently above the 20 percent threshold from 2036 to 34 percent by 2060. Scenario C In the other
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Household expenditure rises by 2.5 pct in 2019
Societyfor 20 percent of total expenditure, housing (14 percent) and transport (13.4 percent). The smallest... reported that the median equivalent consumption expenditure of the richest 20 percent of the population... 20 percent of the population. The share of the median equivalent expenditure on food by the poorest
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