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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
that the basis of discussion with the lenders for the volume of measures needed should be 2 percent of GDP... is still holding out hope that the volume of measures it will have to legislate will be lower than 2... on Thursday that the discussion is currently centred on 2 percent of GDP. It seems that Athens might
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Stournaras presents debt relief plan with maximum benefits for Greece, minimum cost for lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyrelief in the form of smoothing interest payment for EFSF loans coupled with a primary surplus of 2... primary surplus of 2 percent after 2018, extension of all eurozone loan maturities by 20 years... surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP until 2027 and gradual decline to 2 percent of GDP until 2037. The second
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Newsletter 110 - 10/03/2017
. It appears, for instance, that the Greek side has accepted the pre-legislation of 2 percent of GDP (3.6... payment for EFSF loans, coupled with a primary surplus of 2 percent of GDP as of 2021, is consistent... of measures, with the IMF demanding interventions worth 2 percent of GDP, counter-measures and labour market
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Newsletter 115 - 21/04/2017
for three or four years after the end of the programme in 2018, before it is lowered to around 2... forecasted a 2 percent of GDP primary surplus that year, which is substantially below the 3.5 percent target... to 2 percent (from 1.6 percent). However, the Fund estimates a lower primary surplus of 1.5 percent
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Piraeus posts 7 mln net profit in Q2, NPE stock down for seventh straight quarter
EconomyBanking, collections and liquidations (4.4 billion) and selected sales (2 billion). P&L NII remained almost... by the impact of asset deleveraging. Fees increased by almost 2 percent QoQ to 82 million, while the top-line benefitted from other income of 37 million in Q2 from -2 million in Q1, largely due
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GDP up by 2.3 pct year-on-year in Q1 on strong export growth
EconomyMacroeconomypercent year-on-year (YoY) after upwards revised growth of 2 percent in Q4. The GDP movement in Q1... upwards revised growth of 2 percent in Q4. The headline GDP growth on an annual basis is the highest...) revised Greece’s growth from 2.6 percent in 2018 to 2 percent. The forecast for 2019 was also
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
of maturities will be set at 15 years but will be reduced by 2 years for each 5 billion euros... 21 when there is a Eurogroup meeting.” . 2 Hirings balance positive by 108,725 in May New record high... 68.4 percent in Q1, declining for a second consecutive quarter. Wages index rises by 2 pct in Q1
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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyjust short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of a 2 percent rise for 2019...’s GDP was expected to grow by 2 percent in 2019 and by 2.8 percent in 2020. The IMF meanwhile anticipated growth of 1.8 percent in 2019, followed by 2.3 percent in 2020 and 2 percent in 2021
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General govt primary cash deficit of 1.85 bln in Apr as revenues decline
EconomyMacroeconomy(including tax refund arrears) fell by 2 million compared to March and came to 2.40 billion. Month... (-3 million each). Extrabudgetary funds fell by 2 million euros, while rises were noted in tax refunds (+16 million) and SSfs (+2 million). Since the start of the year, total arrears have fallen
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agoraand why these differences are important for policy interpretation. In part 2 of this blog, we will call.... Real GDP is the product of labor input and average labor productivity (Q = L *(Q/L)). Figure 2 shows..., and a bigger labor force, hence delivering higher employment throughout the future years (Figure 2
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