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GDP up by 2.3 pct year-on-year in Q1 on strong export growth
EconomyMacroeconomythat Greece’s trade deficit fell by 23.1 percent during the month to 1.63 billion euros... estimate for imports in 2018 stands at an increase of 3.8 percent. 2018 outlook The first quarter... by 1.9 percent, from 2.5 percent previously. The estimate for next year was also downward revised
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
significantly recovered during the first two months of 2019, dropping as low as 3.62 percent at the beginning... the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed. The first estimate of the overall GDP figure... euros) and fell short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of 2.1 percent for 2018
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Newsletter 270 -23/10/2020
severe congestion. During Tuesday’s regular media briefing, experts highlighted that the 18-40 age group... estimate for the national accounts and the regular cycle of base year revision that takes place every five... to 2015, from 2010. The second estimate of the previous year usually includes the use and update
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IMF revises fiscal estimates upward, sees debt ratio at 162.8 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyupped its primary surplus estimate for 2016 to 3.3 percent of GDP, from 0.1 percent in its previous... Fiscal Monitor, which provided its updated fiscal estimates. Unlike the downward revision of its..., the Fund estimates a lower primary surplus of 1.5 percent of GDP from 2019 onwards. This means that IMF
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
growth is estimated to reach 2.2 percent in 2019 and 2.3 percent in 2020, compared to an estimate of 2... of the second adjustment programme in 2012. During a session of the court’s plenary last Friday... of strong external demand that led to net exports being the main driver of growth during the first nine
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Athens mulls next move after Ankara writes to UN over maritime boundaries
PoliticsForeign Policy, but this battle, have no doubt, continues.” During last Friday’s cabinet meeting, officials... in Syria and with Libya. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias tweeted on Sunday that “Greece, united
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Greek-Italian sea borders, EEZ pact ties up loose end but also carries wider significance
PoliticsForeign Policywith the UN-recognised government in Libya (GNA) to begin exploration and drilling in parts of the Eastern... lines, and these will be respected,” he added during joint statements with his Italian counterpart
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya... the effort being made by Germany to defuse the situation during its term holding the EU presidency
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Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
PoliticsForeign Policydiplomatic contacts in the 1970s, during this summer - at the height of the Greek-Turkish crisis - the Arab... opposition to Turkey’s attempts to extend its military reach in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Abu
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyas an illegal maritime memorandum between Turkey and Libya, which cast doubt over the continental shelf.... This was made clear during Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ recent visit to Ankara and the trip made
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