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Athens and creditors edge closer on tax and pensions but gap remains on NPLs
EconomyProgrammecontributions for supplementary pensions, but at a lower rate of up to 1 percentage point (pp) vis
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Range of issues unresolved as programme talks resume in Athens
EconomyProgrammepensions. The government has proposed a 1.5-percentag-point rise. Any compromise below that level would
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Tsipras plays to domestic gallery over IMF dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicspainful and unfair than those that would have been adopted by a New Democracy government. At no point
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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek Politicshow to meet fiscal targets, with the main point of divergence from the current government being
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Unemployment rate resumes upward trend to 24.4 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomythan 1 percentage point year on year and stood at 21.1 and 28.7 percent respectively in January
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Tax arrears increase by 2.76 bln in first two months of 2016, reach total of 86.9 bln
EconomyGreece’s new unpaid taxes increased by 1.46 billion euros in January and by 1.3 billion in February, General Secretariat of Information Systems (GSIS) data showed on Thursday. Today’s figures were released with delay for the first time in 2016. The aggregate figures point to new tax debt of 2.76
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Building activity down 18.8 pct in January, permits hit new low
EconomyMacroeconomyhave nosedived by 41.5 percent since Q3 2008. The institutions’ forecasts point to a further decline
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IMF sees contraction of 0.6 pct this year before strong rebound in 2017
Economy, released on February 4, are more optimistic. The point to lower jobless rates of 24 percent
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Banks’ EFSF bonds QE eligible but with little impact on liquidity
Economypoint of view, Greek banks would reduce their ‘debt securities’, where they are classified
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Bailout talks resume with key issues pending and contingency measures emerging
EconomyProgrammethat are much better off”. Another sticky point in the negotiations that are expected to resume
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