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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammeage of 67 years. 2) Increasing health contributions for pensions to 6 percent (from 4 percent... a closer link between contributions and benefits. 2) Broaden and modernise the contribution and pension
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Revenue uptick unable to stop 7-mth primary surplus outperformance falling to 724 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyof 1.46 billion. 2) Extension of submission of the personal income tax (PIT) declarations leading... to Manpower Employment Agency (at 26.7 percent of the FY target) 2) Other social security funds
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
for the stress tests (under the baseline scenario) while the final templates are due by 2 September... in final consumption and a fall in imports. 2 Tsipras goes TINA Promises have less currency in the third
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Opinion polls indicate fragmentation, close election race
PoliticsGreek Politicsin agreement on several key factors: 1) SYRIZA has a narrow lead of 2 to 3 percentage points over New Democracy 2) SYRIZA’s support has been falling dramatically over the last two months and now stands
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
on 20 September is small, say less than 2 percentage points, it is difficult to see how one could govern... retail decline was in department store turnover. 2 Elections in flux The only certainty voters have
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Even week for Greek stocks but trading thins out
EconomyGreek shares ended the week with gains of 2 percent following a broadly stable performance but trading activity remained extremely thin throughout the week, with Wednesday’s turnover being the second... fell by 5.6 percent to 33.9 million. Ellaktor’s revenues rose by a modest 2 percent to 365 million
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In tight election race, rare TV debate carries element of unknown
PoliticsGreek Politics(roughly 2 percentage points or more) on September 20 to consider the option of teaming up just with PASOK... Union 3.5 Pop Unity 3.5 Ind Grks 2 Undecided 8.5 #Greece — MacroPolis (@MacroPolis_gr) September 8
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
with the conservatives, SYRIZA will be searching for a minimum victory over New Democracy of about 2 percentage... lowest reading this year. 2 Looking in from the outside External observers wisely avoid misguided
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Unemployment rate eases to 24.6 pct in Q2 as number of employed jumps
EconomyMacroeconomyimproved by 2 pp over the Q2 2014 rate of 26.6 percent. This reflects a rise in the number of employed... (around 2 pp) to 21.5 and 28.3 percent respectively. The latter remains steadily almost 7 pp higher
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Travel receipts up by a modest 3.5 pct in July in aftermath of capital controls
EconomyMacroeconomy. If confirmed, this would mean 2 million higher arrivals than last year’s figure of 24 million... contraction of 1.5 to 2 percent this year. In mid-August, the institutions that oversee Greece’s adjustment
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