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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence recover some ground in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in May, with the index at 107.5 points, from 105.8... 12-month period, May’s ESI was roughly two points above June 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 93.7 points in May, from 93.4 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also slightly up
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Services elevate economic sentiment in June as all other components fall
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued improving in June, with the index at 108.3 points, from... the rolling 12-month period, June’s ESI is virtually unchanged from July 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 95.1 points in June, from 93.8 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agorareasons why an export-led model cannot work: The first is the many times recalled fallacy... on an export-led growth model Germany and Europe will be forced to rely on somebody else’s growth... model Europe would condemn itself to a secondary role. * Francesco Saraceno is Senior Economist
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesin Spain. But Greece’s olive oil export model is stuck in a rut. That’s because the vast majority... the mould of the current export model. The figures tell the story of how beneficial a change in strategy... model would increase efficiency, strengthen marketing and in turn help the branding of Greek olive oil
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Growth conditions improving but more work needed over longer term, PBO suggests
EconomyMacroeconomyagainst an import model driven by private consumption, since this is not a productive model and is too similar to the consumption model which was partially responsible for sparking the Greek economic
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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
Agoraan environmentally resilient economic model; while creating green jobs across the EU by directing fiscal... model has been the design of financial tools to drive this transition, namely the EU Green Deal... model. Olivier Vardakoulias
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OECD forecasts unemployment increase into 2021
EconomyFeaturesparticularly that the coronavirus crisis reveals the limits of the country’s economic development model. “The lack of development of business culture and the limits of the existing model of tertiary... to include the transition to new and varied branches with an updated education model that would offer
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Survey shows investor interest remains solid
EconomyFeaturesfrom 69 percent to 52 percent in the last survey, adding to hopes that Greece’s economic model... production model based on the stimulation of industrial extroversion, the integration of digital technology, and innovation and placing the country more actively in emerging supply chains. “This new model
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RRF proposals and Pissarides report chart direction of travel for post-pandemic Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicstransform the Greek economic model. The submission of the national proposals for the EU’s Recovery... in scope, amounting a ten-year plan for the transformation of the Greek economic model. The report... to a more extrovert model with more exports and more inward investment. The report claims
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