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IMF lowers medium-term forecasts for Greek debt, 2014 financing needs
Economyand by a further 2 pp in 2015. The IMF expects the current account (C/A) balance to remain positive albeit... forecasts stand up to 2 pp lower than in April, at 152 percent in 2017 and 135.3 percent in 2019. On gg
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Tourism helps bring Greek unemployment down to 26.4 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomy. In contrast, the jobless rate in the 55-64 age group increased by more than 2 percentage points YoY to 17.2... percentage points (pp) in 2014 and by a further 2 pp in 2015. Note that the average jobless rate so
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Deflation rises again in Greece: CPI down by 0.8 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomyand services, only 2 posted an increase in prices, namely health (up 3.8 percent) and alcoholic beverages... (down 2.4 percent). A more moderate drop in prices was displayed in recreation and culture (-2
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Greece changes banks' DTA conversion law to secure ECB/EBA approval
Economy(annual) profit loss. For example, if a bank has a capital of 10 billion, of which DTC is 2 billion (20... of DTA conversion to DTC (north of 2 billion euros for the four systemic Greek banks
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
surplus (2 billion euros) under the dynamic adverse model. Eurobank’s minimal shortfall of 18 million... improved by more than 12 points. Economic sentiment peaked at 104.1 in June. 2 Banks still face
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Greek deposit and loan rates slide in September
EconomyMacroeconomydeposit rate led the average rate on new deposits slightly lower by 2 bps to 1.32 percent in September... 3 and 2 percentage points respectively above the average euro area rates. In the other key household
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Greek deflation shoots up to 1.7 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2014 after the -2 percent posted in May. On a monthly basis, CPI fell 0.9 percent compared..., alcoholic beverages and tobacco, displayed an increase (+2 percent). On the flipside, the highest drop
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What does a bailout exit with a precautionary credit line mean for Greece?
EconomyProgrammetypical size is expected to vary between 2 and 10 percent of the concerned country’s GDP. Surveillance... and abolition of retirement exclusions from the general aging limits. 2) Abolition of nuisance
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OECD sees more growth, falling unemployment in Greece
EconomyMacroeconomyin the implementation of pending structural reforms that could undermine investor sentiment, 2) the very...: 1) more credit from the banking sector following the recapitalization, 2) better export performance
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomypercent. Similarly, the consumption tax to GDP ratio reached 11.8 percent in 2012, almost 2 pp above... the OECD average of 6.6 percent. However, their contribution to total taxation slipped by 2 pp to 21.2
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