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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek Politicsgap between the two leading parties is down from 6.5 in the company’s last poll before the summer
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Budget surplus confirmed at 3.16 billion in August
EconomyMacroeconomyby 8.8 percent YoY to 4.62 billion, down from July’s figure of 5.42 billion. On an aggregate basis
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PDMA readies bond schedule for 2019, with eye on prepayment of IMF loans
Economyof the country’s quota has a rate of close to 4 percent. The reports suggest that the PDMA plans to bring down
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Credit contraction stays at 1.5 pct in August, balance reaches 177.44 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the last six years, with the loan balance down by over 31 percent on the back of continued
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Athens prepares 2019 draft budget amid pension cuts dilemma
EconomyProgrammewill go down badly among the eurozone member states and could lead to Germany and others freezing
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Retail turnover in July up by 4 pct as volume rises 2.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index increased by 4 percent in July after June’s figure was slightly revised down to 3.1 percent, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday. The headline index has remained positive for five straight months so far. Apart from the negative reading
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Question mark over pension cuts in 2019 draft budget as Athens looks to lenders
EconomyProgrammewill cost 270 to 320 million euros. Bringing down corporate tax from 29 to 28 percent will cost
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Draft budget contains two scenarios on pensions, charts course within agreed fiscal targets
EconomyMacroeconomyassumption for investment spending stays unchanged. It is seen growing by 11.9 percent, revised down
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FinMin sets out how it would alter policy mix to prevent pension cuts
EconomyMacroeconomyof the MTFS commitment. Also, active employment policies are down to 103 million euros, in the form
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is becoming increasingly optimistic that it can avoid next year’s pension cuts and is starting to focus on how it can maximise the positive political impact of the pared down compensatory fiscal measures it will be able to implement if European lenders agreed to Athens’s
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