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Is post-election just pre-election in Greece?
Agoraof pharmacies. The list is longer than these few examples. This is the to-do agenda that the regular... policy makers towards Greece, but possibly in other ways than assumed in Athens. Most importantly
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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicsit garnered 18 percent, just 0.1 percentage point shy of New Democracy and 11.3 less than SYRIZA... elections. It is also of note that support for Golden Dawn ran much higher than national levels
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomy2013. In addition, it is still 100 bps higher than the respective rate in Spain, Portugal and Italy..., where rates rose by more than 100 bps month on month to 6.64 percent. This specific category shows
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Unemployment rate edges down for sixth straight month to 26.8 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomyin September. Nevertheless, the March figure is still 177 percent higher than the 460,000 posted... it contracted by 1.4 percentage points YoY. In addition, the youth headline figure has more than doubled
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May sees 48.7 pct rise in number of new cars in circulation
EconomyMacroeconomylicences (accounting for more than 80 percent of total) stems from passenger cars, which soared 49.2 percent in May and 25.1 percent in the 5-month period. More than half of the first-time circulated road
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As Bank of Greece lines up Stournaras to take over, it reveals how risky things got during crisis
EconomyMacroeconomydemand and supply. The first finding comes from the value of banknotes in circulation, which more than..., compared to less than 10 percent for the eurozone average. The 27.7 billion euros of withdrawals from
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Greek Q1 unemployment remains at record quarterly high of 27.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyimprovement by 0.4 pps YoY. On the flipside, the ‘long-term’ (more than 1 year) unemployment soared... a 0.6 pps drop YoY. More than half of the employed are concentrated in five economic activities
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Greek building activity drop decelerates to 16 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomybuilding activity accounts for 22 percent of total, the decrease was slightly smoother than... times higher than the GDP contraction over the same period. The stock of housing loans, which show
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C/A deficit to April narrows by 34.7 pct boosted by services
EconomyMacroeconomyin the trade and current transfers’ deficits by 184 and 33 million respectively more than offsetting... is excluded, the trade balance showed an improvement since the drop in imports was higher than
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be dismissed. The difference between the two ministers is less than 400 employees. Loverdos, backed... employees placed in the mobility scheme last year but Mitsotakis insists that no more than 500 should
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