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Unemployment falls to 21 pct in July, lowest since Nov 2011
EconomyMacroeconomywhich brought the total to 3.8 million. A fall of 12,661 people was noted in the figures for those unemployed to bring the total to 1 million. The overall labour force continued to grow and stood
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Athens rushing to reduce arrears and secure 800 mln in bailout funds
EconomyMacroeconomyin July. Up to September this year, the Finance Ministry had transferred for this purpose a total... (up to the end of July) 736 million of arrears have been paid out from a total 1.25 billion of funds
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot support the bill, which was strongly defended by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday. A total... the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed the draft
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
at a total cost of 2.4 billion dollars. The agreement was announced by Trump after his meeting with Tsipras... the perceived lack of tangible results from the trip. would only pay 1.1 billion euros of this total
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Budget primary surplus of 4.54 bln in 9-month below target despite underspend
EconomyMacroeconomy, specifically consumption taxes which increased by 16.8 percent. In total, tax revenues missed their year... billion in the nine-month period, above target by 22 million. In total, a 4.7 percent fall in expenditure
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Sub-tranche for arrears approved as round of review talks draws to close
EconomyProgramme. The latest disbursement means that the ESM has now paid out a total of 40.2 billion euros... are included, the ESM and its predecessor, the EFSF, have lent a total of 182 billion euros to Greece
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SYRIZA feeling internal pressure due to handling of refugees
PoliticsGreek Politics. In total, the UNHCR has recorded nearly 24,000 arrivals by sea to Greece this year up to October 29... by the European Union that 1,896 asylum seekers, or 4 percent of the total, had been successfully
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Athens eyes ample cash buffer, prepares for bond swap
EconomyProgrammebeen suggested that the government may try to tap the markets for a total of 6 billion euros next... place. The total amount is intended to be enough to cover Greece’s debt servicing obligations
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Tsipras reveals how excess surplus will be shared out, eyes political relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat of the 1.4-billion-euro total, 720 million euros would be handed out to 3.4 million people through a means-tested... would ensure PPC will not increase its charges. Tsipras pointed out that the total amount being
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Eurosystem funding falls by 4.38 bln in October as ELA declines
EconomyMacroeconomyof the total withdrawn liquidity. The collateral pledged with the BoG edged up slightly by 320 million... in circulation have remained under the 40-billion mark for four consecutive months. However, October’s total
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