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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agoraof who is in power in Greece, the prospect of finding 400 million euros or more to cut from the budget... is experiencing an extended period of pain that leaves negligible room for manoeuvre. Finding a way
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorafrom radical left activist to something more sophisticated. Finding space Tsipras realised that a lot.... It is not clear if this space exists or if any of the candidates are capable of finding it. Among the nine
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Govt mulls tighter controls on movement, seeks to boost health supplies and Covid-19 tests
PoliticsGreek Politicsacknowledged that they are finding it difficult to secure hospital supplies, including ventilators... associations called on the government to provide personal protective equipment to surgeries, after finding
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorathat governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt... not willing to stick to the 60-percent rule. They are also incrementally finding ways around
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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is lining up interventions affecting the banking sector and the taxation system after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, which concluded officially on Tuesday, finding... a negative view, compared to 33 pct in January. The finding suggests that continued exposure
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Drop in Greek retail sales accelerates to 3.4 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomysales period introduced for the first time during the first ten days of that month. The second similar interim sales period was launched in the first ten days of May 2014 and it would be interesting
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Greek May CPI falls 2 pct in one of biggest drops for more than a year
EconomyMacroeconomyin the first ten days of May. A similar pattern was also evident in November, when CPI slipped 1.4 percent month on month, also due to the (first) interim sales period in the first ten days of that month
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Waiting for Godot in Greece
Agoraattention is being given to the consistent rise in the yield for the Greek ten-year bond. Mid-week..., yields on the three-year debt are within striking distance of its ten-year peer. In early
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Greek deflation eases slightly to 1.2 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomypercent. This is most likely attributed to the interim sales period in the first ten days... evident in the first ten days of May 2014. In both months, consumer prices fell at an accelerating
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