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Podcast - Budgeting for the future: How robust is the Greek economy?
AgoraGreek Parliament is about to vote on the 2025 budget, so The Agora is looking at what the government's economic plan entails, while also examining the bigger picture as far as the country's economy is concerned. MacroPolis co-founder Yiannis Mouzakis jo...
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Greece unveils new batch of cost-of-living measures after robust 2025 fiscal results
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s statistical authority published on Wednesday the first notification of the fiscal data for 2025, capturing a strong fiscal performance and the ongoing downward path of Greek debt. Last year’s outperformance allowed the government to announce a ...
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Debt, fiscal path still divide lenders ahead of Washington Group meeting
EconomyProgramme2.2 percent previously. The new figure is closer to the fiscal estimates of the Commission..., and slightly lower at 1.8 percent next year. The estimate for this year is a substantial revision from the WEO estimate in October, when the Fund expected Greece to grow by 2.6 percent in 2018
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Quarterly GDP growth slows to 1.2 pct in Q2 as investments shrink and imports rise
EconomyMacroeconomymovements in Q2 were led by growth in final consumption, where private consumption rose by 2.2 percent... in the Stability Programme for 2022-2025, the growth estimate is revised down to 3.1 pct, from the 4.5 pct figure included in the final 2022 budget. The latest inflation estimate has also been pushed up
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Banking on voters’ desire for stability, ND insists ruling majority is still achievable
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum “in practice.” The government is also pushing ahead... and MPs searching for new political affiliations. Political analysts estimate that as many as 20
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Q1 GDP provides a positive surprise with 0.4 pct quarterly growth
EconomyMacroeconomy, expecting GDP to grow by 2.1 percent, while the IMF estimate is slightly higher at 2.2 percent.... not available at the time of the flash estimate. The GDP expansion in Q1 reflects a rebound in final..., the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) provisional estimates revealed on Friday. The headline figure
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
percent July estimate. On the fiscal front, the IMF estimates in its Fiscal Monitor - also published... of GDP this year and 2.2 percent in 2018, hitting the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2019... that although the IMF believes the primary surplus will reach 2.2 percent of GDP in 2018
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Loss-making Q4 and 2015 for Alpha, targets positive bottom-line in 2016
EconomyBankingto deposit ratio to 147 percent in Q4 from 154 percent in Q3. On the capital front, following the capital.... The bank estimates a further reduction in staff costs by up to 6 percent to around 500 million... and assuming the macro consensus estimates are realised, the bank expects a positive bottom-line reflecting
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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