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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures (1 percent of GDP from pensions, 1 percent from direct taxes and 1 percent... of the measures, particularly the 1 percent of GDP in extra fiscal interventions, and doubts... should resist demands from the IMF for the 1 percent of GDP in supplementary measures (which
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EU and IMF bailout drafts confirm conditionality as well as differences on primary surplus
EconomyProgrammetarget of 3.5 percent by 2018 that would be covered by: 1) A holistic pension reform yielding savings of 1 percent of GDP and would also compensate for the Council of State decision ruling... tax reform (1 percent of GDP), including a lowering of the tax-free threshold to 8,182 (compared
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
of 3.5 percent in 2018 that would be covered by interventions in the pension system (1 percent), personal income tax (1 percent) and a series of parametric measures (1.2 percent). The draft IMF... pension reform (1 percent) and personal income tax (1 percent) as well as from VAT reform and the wage
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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsall of his 153 MPs support the legislation despite it containing another 1 percent of GDP in tax.... Other late changes saw the tax on beer increase from June 1, 2016 (instead of of Jan 1, 2018) and a broadband levy introduced from Jan 1, 2017 (instead of Jul 1, 2017). However, Tsipras saved the most
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Stournaras presents debt relief plan with maximum benefits for Greece, minimum cost for lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyratio of 180 percent a reduction in the average interest rate by 1 percentage point (pp) reduces the debt ratio by 1.8 pp, while a rise in the primary surplus by 1 pp of GDP lowers the debt ratio by only 1 pp. Last May’s Eurogroup set the goals for gross financing needs (GFN) below 15 percent of GDP
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Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
EconomyProgrammeas the pension cuts and reduction in the tax-free threshold yielding 1 percent of GDP each in 2019 and 2020... involve spending increases in 2019 and tax relief in 2020 to the tune of 1 percent of GDP each... to net pension savings of 1 percent of GDP in 2019 by extending the rules of last year’s pension
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Details of technical agreement between Greece and lenders set out in draft sMoU
EconomyProgramme(MTFS) for 2018-2021, a pension reform with net savings of 1 percent of GDP in 2019-2021 and a personal income tax (PIT) reform also delivering net savings of 1 percent of GDP in 2020 and 2021... assessment. Furthermore, a targeted spending package and a growth-enhancing tax package each yielding 1
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Newsletter 125 -30/06/2017
, Panos Kammenos over his contact with a convict connected to the Noor 1 drug smuggling case... of the Noor 1 cargo ship seized with around 2 tons of heroin on board in 2014 - had asked for protection... by 1 point since January Economic sentiment (ESI) improved slightly by 0.8 points in June after
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Newsletter 144 -15/12/2017
Democracy by 2.5 points since the last survey in June. Support for New Democracy rose by 1 point to 30.7... production index (+1 percent). The water supply production index fell by 2.6 percent, and the manufacturing... from non-euro countries within the EU increased by 1 percent to 1.01 billion. According to SETE’s
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
the growing cash buffer and 500 million euros will be used to reduce state arrears. Another 1 billion euros... the clearing of state arrears and electronic auctions. This disbursement is expected from May 1 onwards and the full 1 million euros will be destined for arrears clearance. Regarding the fourth review
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