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GDP up by 1.1 pct QoQ, needs 2.8 pct growth in H2 to reach annual forecast
EconomyMacroeconomyyear-on-year, while imports were up by 9.6 percent. Goods exports increased by 2 percent YoY, while... latest WEO released in April, the IMF sees growth of 2 percent in 2024. In its latest economic outlook in May, the OECD places Greek growth at 2 percent for this year.
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Central government debt rises to 403.2 bln in Q2, cash reserves near 42 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyinclude bodies of the wider public sector were 41.94 billion, up by roughly 2 billion euros... by roughly 2 billion euros. State guarantees came to 26.34 billion euros on debts and 2 billion euros
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PM finalises relief measures in ambitious but risky move to sway voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 2 billion euros. The interventions are due to be announced when Mitsotakis makes the keynote speech... and unspent EU recovery funds. By confining the ultimate volume of the package to 2 billion euros, around 1... now feel squeezed by inflation and stagnant real wages. By delivering 1.5–2 billion euros
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
, from 0.1 pct in the previous quarter. This slight deceleration took H1 growth to just under 2 pct... lower tax rates across the scale by 2 percentage points, the focus has been on young taxpayers, below..., offset by 4 pct drops in electricity and 2 pct in water supply.
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IMF's latest macro and fiscal estimates reflect economic stability
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomy growing by 2 pct this year and in 2026, with both estimates below the outlook the Greek... Outlook (WEO) of April that expected the economy in 2026 to grow by 1.8 pct, and 2 pct this year... by 3.1 pct this year and by 2.5 pct in 2026, moderating to 2 pct by 2030. The current account
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Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsdwindling to 5.5 percent from 7 percent in July. His latest protest, however, has handed a weapon to New
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Polls show Golden Dawn support dropping after murder, New Democracy profiting most
PoliticsGreek Politicsand found that the neoNazi group fell from 8.5 percent to 7 percent. During this two-day period, support
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The social and economic conditions that helped Golden Dawn flourish
SocietyWhat causes a party to go from just 0.29 percent of the vote in the October 2009 elections to being able to comfortably enter Parliament in May 2012, with almost 7 percent? What resilience does that party have to hold on to its votes and consolidate its position in the repeat elections one month
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Greece's industrial production shows no signs of reversing the negative trend
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Industrial Production Index recorded a drop of 1.8 percent in September showing a decelerating trend following a drop exceeding 7 percent in the preceding two months, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). September performance led nine-month figure down 3.6 percent compared
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Unemployment rate remained unchanged at 27.3 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomybudget that it presented on October 7, the Finance Ministry assumes an unemployment rate in 2013 of 25.5
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