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Golden Dawn fallout forces Samaras into balancing act between country and party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras was probably expecting the latest troika review of Greece’s adjustment program to be his biggest worry at this time of year. Instead, the murder of an anti-fascist rapper by a Golden Dawn member means that his immediate concern is to confront the rise of the far right
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Greek C/A deficit to July narrowed to just 156 mln with boost from tourism
EconomyMacroeconomya C/A balance close to zero in 2013 and 2014. Note that the latest BoG estimates released
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agora. It will take a long and consistent effort to restore credibility over this matter and the latest developments
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoraby the crisis or businesses that simply do not exist anymore. When one looks deeper into the latest
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Trade deficit to July eased by 17.4 pct to 11.2 billion euros
EconomyMacroeconomy/A) deficit. It should be noted that the latest BoG figures indicated the C/A deficit to July shrank by 98
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Sharper drop for retail sales in July points to lingering recession
EconomyMacroeconomyresults from the continued contraction of Greek households’ disposable income, with the latest
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Greek Manufacturing PMI eased in September but remains close to a 44-month high
EconomyMacroeconomyto a potential bottoming-out of recession, while latest hard data such as construction activity
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2014 draft budget: An ambitious fiscal consolidation targeting a primary surplus of 1.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomywas revised to 4.0 percent, from the 4.2 percent incorporated in the latest troika forecasts last
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Drop in Greek CPI decelerated to 1.1 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomylikely due to end of the sales period (mid July until end of August). As a reminder, latest Ministry
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For Stournaras, it's out of the frying pan and into the heating oil
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe latest developments in his ministry, he may be feeling the same sense of isolation again.
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