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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
of the government. Tsipras has proposed holding a meeting of party leaders’ before he heads to the crucial March 7... in the second half of the year. However, he stressed that there are strong uncertainties and high risks... and social conflict is much larger. As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord
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Greek current account deficit widens by 27.4 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomy’ external assets recorded a net decrease of 9.6 billion in February mainly due to a fall of 11.3 billion in residents’ holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills (primarily reflecting the return of 10.9 billion... a net decrease of 8.3 billion largely reflecting a decline by 12.1 billion in residents’ holding
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding an agreement with lenders in the next couple of weeks but said that he would consider holding... on “crucial national issues” and that any plebiscite would fall into this category. The prime... in the way of Greek banks increasing their T-Bill holdings above 9 billion euros, to 15 billion euros
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Current account balance shows a surplus for third straight month, at 2.09 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyassets by 3.2 billion reflecting a fall in residents’ holding of foreign bonds and T-Bills by 10.4... assets, mainly attributed to a decline in residents’ holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills by 169
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Newsletter 78 - 17/06/2016
forecasts a marginal recession of 0.3 percent in 2016, while a strong GDP rebound of 2.5 and 3 percent... and outperforming the target by 3.09 billion, which is largely attributed to the continued strong underspend.... However, this represents a 1.7 percentage point fall on last year’s figure, reflecting an increase
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
government as it aims to restore sustainable growth on strong social and environmental pillars... the fall in bond yields that the government was looking for. Mitsotakis denied that New Democracy had... that for the same time last year. Aggregate PIB revenues grew to 1.09 billion, a strong improvement against
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
, all Greeks,” he told Moscovici. BoG report positive on programme end Momentum seen as strong... to reassess the debt matter in the future if needed is a strong backstop for the long-term... to 2018, investment growth will be strong above 9 percent, reaching 11.8 percent this year. Export
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Newsletter 227 -08/11/2019
concerns about the transfer of migrants from the Aegean islands following more strong reactions.... The refugee issue aside, support for the government remains strong according to the latest opinion polls... strong economic and consumer confidence are expected to push spending higher in the second half
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Pension policy U-turn highlights government’s election concerns
EconomyMacroeconomysupport (known in Greece as “widows’ pensions”) sends a strong signal that the prospect of calling... or receive another pension should see their benefit fall from 70% to 35% of the deceased person’s... support for the party remains strong. A study by the IOBE think‑tank and Cepal Hellas published
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Potentially divisive New Democracy leadership race taking shape
PoliticsGreek Politics. As a member of the ultra-nationalist LAOS until 2012, Georgiadis had the reputation of holding.... Georgiadis has no such concerns and insists that New Democracy should have a strong right-wing... the party is not particularly strong, both because there are few genuine reformers in New Democracy
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