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Greek deposits nosedive by 12.8 bln in Jan as balances reach lowest point since Aug 2005
EconomyMacroeconomy. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said that inflows
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Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Nadia Valavani has said that the government is aiming to collect 3 billion euros from
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Strong resistance within SYRIZA leaves Tsipras with tough juggling act
PoliticsGreek Politicsbailout rather than an agreement for debt relief, or the "pact for growth" that Finance Minister
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Spain is not Greece: Part two
AgoraEurogroup meeting. Spain’s finance minister, Luis de Guindos, reportedly shouted at his Greek
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Reported widening of revenue shortfall in Feb as liquidity worries persist
EconomyAhead of the publication of February’s budget execution figures next week, Finance Ministry sources have told local media that the revenue shortfall widened to around 1.5 billion euros by February from around 1 billion in January. According to capital.gr, the increase in the revenue gap by up
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General gov't primary surplus shrinks to 419 mln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed the surplus shrinking to 419 million euros in January 2015, much lower than the 1.88 billion euros posted in January 2014, according the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The breakdown displayed a significant
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Primary surplus at 1.24 bln in Feb on lower spending and recovering revenues
EconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the year to date primary surplus stood at 1.24 billion euros in February, which means it is down 40 percent but the underperformance has been trimmed to just 168 million from 1.37 billion in January, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget
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Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs much as it tries, the Greek government cannot escape the issue of if it will consider holding a referendum in the near future to decide whether to accept the next deal that is put on the table by the country’s lenders. On Monday, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis raged against the editors
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Greek central gov’t cash surplus shrinks 70 pct to 503 mln by February
EconomyMacroeconomycompared to modified cash basis for the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in the budget execution bulletin
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Greece: The moment of truth is inexorably approaching
Agoraapproach to policy-making, including the rehiring of cleaners at the finance ministry, salary
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