MacroPolis

Show/Hide Search

Search

Results 2091 to 2100 out of 2922. RSS

  1. Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018

    Newsletters

    . The issue looks set to be decided by November, before Athens has to submit its 2019 budget to Greek Parliament at the end of the month. This means that the draft 2019 budget due to be tabled to the House

    1%

  2. Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
    Photo by Giannis Papanikos/Fosphotos

    EconomyFeatures

    . According to the final budget figures up to August that were released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF... of the year. The government's draft budget report lists a total of 13 privatisations due

    1%

  3. FinMin sets out how it would alter policy mix to prevent pension cuts
    Photo by MacroPolis

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    In its efforts to avoid the politically sensitive issue of cutting pensions further, the Finance Ministry presented in the draft budget this week an alternative scenario consisting of a significantly... budget that was submitted to Parliament on Monday night, the fiscal space that will keep Greece

    1%

  4. Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . It is noticeable that since Monday’s Eurogroup, which coincided with the tabling of the draft 2019 budget... government more than one on December 3 as the final version of the budget has to be submitted

    1%

  5. Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018

    Newsletters

    coincided with the government tabling the draft 2019 budget in Greek Parliament. The plan submitted... billion. Overall, the state budget primary balance declined by 912 million euros to stand

    1%

  6. In updated forecasts, IMF sees Greece meeting fiscal targets and debt falling
    Photo via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/7BWNey

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    sees the overall budget balance in a surplus of 0.5 percent of GDP, which extends the streak.... For 2019, the Fund sees the budget in complete balance, leaving its estimates unchanged from the previous

    1%

  7. Primary cash surplus at 17.96 bln in Sept as expenditure for the month falls
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    fell by 1.24 billion euros. The Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance showed a deficit of 60... to a deficit of 500 million for the same time last year. The preliminary budget execution figures

    1%

  8. Athens edges towards compromise on pension cuts but may have to plug fiscal gap
    Photo by MacroPolis

    EconomyProgramme

    Brussels on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared optimistic that Greece’s draft budget... apparently believe that the projections in the 2019 budget leave a gap that must be plugged, either

    1%

  9. Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the fiscal space to forgo this measure. The 2019 budget submitted to the European Commission... optimistic that the budget would be accepted without any changes. The latest cuts aside, the country’s aging

    1%

  10. Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
    Photo by EU Council via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/gDK7GV

    EconomyProgramme

    version of the budget to Parliament at the end of the month. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... Income. An additional 50 million has been earmarked for winter heating payments to take the total budget

    1%