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The oil and gas debate Greece is not having
Agoraprospects seem bleak. *Olivier is an environmental and macro economist currently working for WWF Greece. Prior to that, he lived and worked in the UK as a senior economist at NEF Consulting and the New
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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
Agorathe current crisis. *Olivier Vardakoulias is an environmental and macro economist currently working for WWF Greece. Prior to that, he lived and worked in the UK as a senior economist at NEF Consulting
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
the Economist's latest Doing Business report, which showed Greece topping the table of most improved.... The Economist credits the New Democracy government for the progress, noting that it “reflects
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Optimism and obstacles in Spain
Agora, an economist from Funcas, a prominent think-tank, says in an interview with MacroPolis. Growth... it. The government tends to attribute it to its reforms and economists sometimes explain progress
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
AgoraEconomist at OFCE-SciencesPo Paris. He holds PhDs in economics from Columbia University (NY... the accounting tricks of the Juncker plan. SYRIZA may seem radical to some German economists. But it is in good
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From Berlin to Brexit
Agorathe decades. It was, as Jeremy Cliffe put it in his Bagehot column in The Economist, “easily one of the most... market economists in the UK, for instance, indicated that the anti-EU sentiment tended to be bigger
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsis a symbolic move since ND has a comfortable majority in the House (158/300 MPs) and is in no danger.... The most immediate danger for Mitsotakis is that the Tempe furore contributes to ND’s share of the vote in the EP elections falling below expectations. Although the conservatives are not in danger of coming
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BoG shows lower deposit rates and a sharper drop in loan rates in June
EconomyMacroeconomyΤhe interest rate on households’ new time deposits dropped another 14 basis points (bps) to 2.39 percent in June, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). In contrast to the first quarter of the year, when this rate remained stable, it posted a 42 bps decline in the second quarter of the year
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GSEE report stresses risks on employment and the pension system, outlines burden on wages
Society-controlled corporate profits, public works, casinos and public procurement. Τhe report is explicit
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Greek building activity drops by another 8 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyΤhe number of building permits issued in Greece continued heading south for the second successive month in July, dropping by 8 percent according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The respective surface and volume figures exhibited a sharper decline slightly above 30 percent
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