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Rising prices and energy pressures threaten to undermine 2026 outlook
EconomyMacroeconomystructural issues in the economy that cap its longer‑term growth potential. We think these estimates may... HICP this week showed Greece climbing further to 5% in May, from 4.6% previously, giving Greece... for households, while investment plans may have to be reconsidered. ELSTAT is due to release Q1 GDP this week
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Electricity main driver for industrial production rise of 2.1% YoY in April
EconomyMacroeconomyCommission’s latest business surveys for May, industry confidence jumped to 7.9 points, from 2.6.... In addition, manufacturing PMI rose to 53.3 points in May, from 52.4 points in the previous month, S&P Global data showed. Growth in May accelerated to one of the strongest rates of the past year and remained
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Urban planning scandal deepens as Tsipras unveils five cost of living pledges
PoliticsGreek Politicsand bags, while artworks may have been used to launder illicit proceeds. The case file runs to 3,500... and the breadth of the investigation have fuelled speculation that the scandal may widen further... the norm. The pledges made by Tsipras on Friday may have been pre-planned but they felt like
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Greece faces prolonged price pressures despite US–Iran deal
EconomyMacroeconomyclimb consistently since March, with Eurostat’s HICP rising from 2.9% in February to 4.9% in May... infrastructure during the conflict may require months, or even years, to fully repair. There is a strong chance... on this year’s economic activity and growth may be difficult to reverse.
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Business loans drive 7.7% YoY credit growth in June
EconomyMacroeconomyin May, with mostly inflows over the last few months. The outstanding balance was 134.56 billion... an inflow of 1.29 billion euros in May. Within corporate lending, the flow of credit to non-financial... an inflow of 105 million in June, from an inflow of 13 million in May and the balance standing
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Newsletter 519 - 25/09/2026
and voter frustration. The week’s developments underline how challenging the months ahead may prove... be announced “in the coming days”, signalling that the government may be edging closer to broadening... conflict — show no signs of easing. The government may end up spending much of the remaining pre
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agoraof that May 2010 so called Greek bailout was not Greece itself but the eurozone as it gave... paying off a maturing bond in the end of May. In the same period, according to ELSTAT, Greece paid
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agora. While hospitality may, or may not, profit from VAT dropping to 13 percent, businesses in all sectors
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Ring of Fire
Agorathree years that our daily comforts, as small as they may have been, are slipping away one by one... Egnatia Bank in central Athens remains one of the most shocking moments of this crisis. Coming on May 5
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It remains a mystery
AgoraThe Wall Street Journal leaked this week the minutes of an International Monetary Fund board meeting in May, 2010, just a few days before Greece signed its first bailout. The extracts reveal... risks substituting private for official financing. In other and starker words, it may be seen
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