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Despite sharp increase in Dec, current account deficit improves markedly in 2025 to 14.11 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyto 7.57 billion euros in December, from 7.01 billion last year. At the same time, total exports came
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece, Tsiaras was met by intense protests that led to the riot police using tear gas to disperse the protesting crowds. Farmers are reportedly considering setting up roadblocks in the coming weeks
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along
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Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 44 mln in Q3 from continued operations
EconomyBanking. Pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 12 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 210 million. When excluding one-off items, specifically the bank’s voluntary retirement scheme, PPI rose by 15 percent QoQ. PPI in Q3 2018 stood at 253 million euros, meaning that year-on-year (YoY) PPI fell by 17 percent
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be and what measures the government would have to take to fill it. In the meantime, we have put... said that government officials speaking anonymously after the EU summit put the figure at no more... fraud and waste in the pension system by using an electronic payment system. Government sources also
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorais happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... such companies alive. Put otherwise, the normalisation of the credit transmission mechanism through... and considerable personal risk, frequently using remaining financial resources from their families and despite
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoraopportunity to put pressure on the government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras after cabinet secretary... to discuss debt relief after the summer is a sure-fire vote loser. A recent Public Issue poll put SYRIZA 3... elections in sight this was political manna from heaven but it was lost on SYRIZA. Instead of using
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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsappeared to be making a clear effort to counter the government’s accusation that SYRIZA will put Greece... newspaper put the difference at 3.1 points. Palmos, along with Public Issue, have been outliers... of Greece’s debt to be written off “using methods that would not cause losses for the peoples of Europe.” He
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The immediate economic and financial hurdles for the new Greek government
EconomyProgrammeit is unclear whether tax debt will accelerate in January. A poor outcome on revenues would put further pressure on the government’s ability to cover the imminent funding needs, while would also put... for T-Bills, an approval by the troika is required for any incremental borrowing using this funding
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
estimates put this amount at 10 to 11 billion euros in today’s money. In today’s discussions about... find a path to a negotiated solution that will put to bed any sense of injustice and remove from... Greece’s third largest party, Golden Dawn, and its supporters. One of the problems of using history
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