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Arrears payments of 915 mln in Aug bring total to 1.4 bln over two months
EconomyMacroeconomyThe government accelerated its efforts to clear arrears in August, when the figure more than doubled to 915 million euros from 440 million in July, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) bulletin published on Friday. This means Greece has cleared a total of 1.36 billion euros of arrears
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SYRIZA congress gives Tsipras benefit of doubt, more time to deliver
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe election of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos (who is the unofficial frontman for the faction
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Greek government faces hard labour dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politicscongress returned him to the leadership unopposed and with nearly 94 percent of the vote. Finance
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Primary cash surplus expands to 3.2 bln by September incorporating arrears repayment of 2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyyear’s figure. As we noted last week, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin
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ELSTAT revises 2015 primary surplus downward to 0.15 pct of GDP, slightly ups debt
EconomyMacroeconomythat in the 2017 draft budget tabled on October 3, the Finance Ministry pointed to a primary surplus of 1.28
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Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the issue is not urgent. Wolfgang Schaeuble, the German Finance Minister, appeared irritated
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Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016
issue. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, though, was adamant in comments on Thursday
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Budget primary surplus to Sept surges to 5.44 bln on solid tax revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus surged by more than 77 percent to 5.44 billion euros in the 9-month period of 2016 from 2.27 billion a year ago, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin published on Monday. The headline figure is marginally lower than the 5.45 billion
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NOME auctions as a mechanism to strengthen competition in the Greek electricity market
Legalof Article 139 of the law and after submission of RAE's opinion, the Ministers of Finance and Environment
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World Bank sets out savings Greece can make from streamlining welfare benefits
EconomyProgrammewere discussed at a meeting between the Finance and Labour Ministers on Tuesday and are expected
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