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About to soar? Greece's economy still needs to be handled with care
Agoraon August 3 by a total of 1.6 billion, currently standing at 38.9 billion euros, from 91 billion in mid-July... at the end of July, over 42 percent of the total. Tax refunds were the next major contributor at 1.52 billion
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Trust in Greek banking system shaky, survey suggests
EconomyBankingcapital controls, those surveyed believed the full lifting of the measures would take around 3 to 4... businesses were aware of the possibility of spending the total amount of funds which are received from... that the new measures resulted in the total withdrawal amount across a full year being 300 euros lower
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Athens eyes ample cash buffer, prepares for bond swap
EconomyProgrammebeen suggested that the government may try to tap the markets for a total of 6 billion euros next... place. The total amount is intended to be enough to cover Greece’s debt servicing obligations... positively by the markets, with yields on Greek bonds receding and trading volumes touching 3 million euros
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Travel balance up by 17.2 pct in September on higher receipts, lower payments
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros in September, while payments fell by 3 percent to 173.5 million. This led the travel surplus...-denominated countries, the total rise was 16.2 percent (1.03 billion euros). For countries within the EU... the aggregate figure up by 8.1 percent to 16.2 million. In total, the BoG figures showed
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Despite cuts, pension system still at risk due to old-age dependency
Societywith total pensions of over 1,300 euros a month. Based on pension reforms undertaken in OECD countries... than that of the total population. Greek pensioners over 65 were found to have disposable incomes..., but Greece is one of several countries where the rate drops to less than 3 percent. Greece is also
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Check, please: How much Alexis Tsipras's first months cost Greece
AgoraFinancial Stability Fund (HFSF), has contributed a total of 30.43 billion euros for the recapitalisation... the amounts that were required for the resolutions of banks, the total allocation reaches close to 44... funding, they dropped back to 3 billion euros at the end of 2014. By July 2015, arrears had reached
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.94 bln in 2017 on expenditure fall
EconomyMacroeconomy, while income tax revenues rose by 2.2 percent. In total, tax revenues beat their target by 359 million... than direct taxes for 2016, with property tax revenues declining 9.7 percent and income tax by 3... total by 1.9 percent. Proceeds from privatisations for the full year were confirmed at 1.30 billion
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammein investors’ behaviour and Athens is confident that it can tap them for the 3 billion euros it wants..., reaching a total of just over 480 million euros: - 89.4 million for the retroactive cuts in 2012... that the current total for the backpay and pensions stands at around 600 million euros. This will now have
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
improved by 20.3 points. In the other indicators, industry confidence improved by 3 points month... to inflows of 1.52 billion in December 2017. Total deposits, which also include the general government... to reach 4.09 billion euros, from 4.03 billion in 2016. Overall in 2017, total retail turnover
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Unemployment rate at 20.8 pct in Dec as employed rise by 107,687 in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyon Thursday. In December, a rise of 8,378 people employed was noted versus November. The total... October 2011 where the total number of unemployed has stayed below the 1-million mark. The overall..., where unemployment fell by 3.5 pp to 10.8 percent. For those aged 55-64, the decline was 3 pp and came
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