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Newsletter 499 - 20/03/2026
is needed for “justice” and a “clean‑up”. If there is a “stability dividend” for PM Mitsotakis.... The 2026 budget projects indirect tax revenues of 40.9 billion euros, up from 39.21 billion last year... the same pattern: 27.5 percent in 2025, unchanged from 2020 and up from 26.1 percent in 2023. Inequality
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Alpha Bank Q1 NII rises by 5.3 pct, commission income soars by 29 pct
EconomyBankingmillion euros in Q1 2025, a drop of almost 17 percent. Normalised profit after tax was 221 million euros... million euros, up 2.1 percent from 350.2 million in Q1 2025. P&L Net interest income (NII) was 416.3 million euros in Q1, up by 5.3 percent year-on-year, from 395.3 million. Net fee and commission
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Central government debt drops to 400.52 bln in Q1 due to lower repos
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government debt recorded a drop of roughly 5.5 billion euros to 400.52 billion... euros. FSM loans continue to make up the bulk of the total at 210 billion euros in Q1, having...) debt made up 73.2 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1 to 5
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Retail sales growth of 6.1 pct YoY in March spurred by fuel as war takes toll
EconomyMacroeconomy, automotive fuel was up sharply by 11 percent, non-food increased by 4.9 percent and food sales rose by 5.6 percent. Supermarket sales rose by 6 percent and food and beverages were up by 4.1 percent. Clothing and footwear moved down with a 1.2 percent drop. Pharmaceuticals increased by 2.3 percent YoY
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Disposable income edges up by 0.2 pct YoY in Q4, final consumption up by 2.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek household disposable income grew by 0.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, decreasing from the rise of 3.5 percent noted in the previous quarter, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Fri...
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek authorities are said to have set a milestone this Friday to decide whether additional measures will be required to halt a surge in Covid-19 cases related to travel during the peak of the holiday season. The country reported 150 new cases on Monday...
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Credit growth in September up by 2.4 pct as business lending picks up
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit movement in the Greek private sector rose by 2.4 percent in September after an increase of 1.9 percent in August, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Tuesday. The increase in credit growth is the highest since June 2010, when the increase came...
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Industry turnover and new orders’ indices rebounded in July
Economy. It is noteworthy that the only industrial sector with a positive growth rate was energy (up 13.5 percent), while capital goods and consumer durables turnover recorded a double-digit drop (down 12.1 percent... Orders’ data for the energy sector, while intermediate goods and capital goods (up 2.2 percent
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Golden Dawn support down to 2012 levels but with potential to rise again, poll shows
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party’s backing reached 10.8 percent. Despite the drop in support, the poll published in Proto... to the government in particular, the fact that up to a quarter of voters still display some sympathy...) was up slightly to 3.9 percent.
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Primary surplus at 2.1 bln in Feb, ahead of budget execution target
EconomyMacroeconomythe 2-month figure to 8.37 billion, up 7.6 percent. Despite the recorded rebound, revenues fell short of Jan... in the February budget execution but will be incorporated in the 2013 fiscal outcome. The drop... million, up 63 percent from last year’s figure of 605 million. Furthermore, the 2-month PIB surplus beat
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