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PASOK’s tries to expand as it comes under pressure from all sides
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto this delicate equation. His accusation that the government is engaging in “revisionist populism
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ND tries to play down resurfacing of Predator as PASOK seeks to recast itself
PoliticsGreek Politics‑engaging. Androulakis’s keynote speech is designed as the “manifesto of political change”. He will draw
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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Greek European Prosecutor Popi Papandreou - of engaging in “political games” aimed at damaging the Greek
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Predator row deepens as Tsipras publishes ideological roadmap for new party
PoliticsGreek Politicsare competing, engaging in a bidding war of promises. Tsipras blueprint As the institutional and polling
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agora-age population. Again, we found a larger labor force than was assumed in 2018, in the baseline.... As a result, unemployment will ease off again from its peak. Similarly, when the economy runs hot..., which hurts competitiveness and lowers investment, hence lifting unemployment up again. Every
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agorawas no longer available. Competitiveness deteriorated again through a peak in the REER in 2010. The REER declined again after the onset of the crisis, and price competitiveness, as measured by the IMF... based on inflation as indicated by the implicit GDP deflator (middle trend line). Once again, we
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Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Agoraof elderly people are swelling—again a long and powerful slow-motion force. This “big picture” view..., for instance if Ukrainians (as refugees) and other foreigners come into the country or leave again... growth, employment, and fiscal numbers, again. The underlying structural or fundamental drag
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Where is Greek growth coming from?
Agoraagain, and my estimate suggests that it is now around 0.7 percent a year. Putting these supply.... The differences are once again striking: Greece spends much less than partner countries on investments... downturn again, perhaps constraining the recovery. A country with excessive consumption will have
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The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Agoraagain in 2020, perhaps related to the Covid-19 pandemic. At end-2020, the public sector employed 26..., real GDP was 7 percent smaller than in 2001. Alas, after 2014, employment started to grow again, albeit at a moderate rate. However in 2020, it leveled off again and began to slowly decline
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
Agoraas a whole. The Greek economy was severely hit in the early stages of the euro crisis, and again... again in Q2 2014 and has accelerated its decline in 2019 and 2020. Some of this latter result... in 2012/2013 was quite strong, but faltered again in 2014 and beyond. Figure 4 shows the same calculations
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