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Piraeus Bank posts pre-tax losses of 215 mln in H1
EconomyBanking) in H1 came to 727 million, up by 1 percent YoY, mainly on the back of improving funding costs... million euros. In Q2, operating expenses came to 255 million, down by 14 percent YoY and 1 percent... improved to 83 percent versys 85 percent a year earlier. Capital The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
slight 1 million. 2 Unemployment rate at 16.1 pct in Sept Rate for same period in 2019 stood at 16.9... by 1.04 bln month-on-month as debtors rise New tax debt totalled 4.94 billion, lower than the figure... at 107.41 billion. This represents a rise of just under 1 billion euros month-on-month. CPI falls
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Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
Agora. There are other operations (Table 1 below) that can change the stock of debt without affecting... overall debt and, beyond debt, the state’s net worth.[1] Data in the general government bulletin... for the period 2000-2020 to see if these numbers tell us a plausible story. Table 1 summarizes
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
Agorain fixed capital stock is important for the wellbeing of all citizens. Figure 1 below shows two lines... spending in the economy as a whole.[1] Benchmarking. Similar calculations of the size of a public sector... to Debt Sustainability" published in 2020. Jens Bastian is senior policy advisor at ELIAMEP. [1
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One unicorn does not a Silicon Valley make: positive news on startup front also highlights limitations
EconomyFeaturesvalued at over 1 billion USD. Marathon VC, which has been tracking investments in Greek startups reported that the sector received record funding in 2021, approaching a total 1 billion USD. The news has... exceeded 1 million euros. Funding Funding, as one would expect to a degree, is also unequally
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Newsletter 335 - 15/04/2022
taxes were rising by a rate of 1 billion euros monthly. It was always a concern that households.... Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced that from May 1 vaccination certificates will not be needed... will be able to operate at full capacity. From June 1, masks will not have to be worn indoors
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
, bringing the ruling party’s backing down to 31.4 pct. Support for SYRIZA has edged up by almost 1 point to 25.1, while PASOK saw an increase of 1 point to 12.1. There was little change among the other... of the Transition Fund are not expected to exceed 1 billion euros in September, which means that the state budget
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agoraof payments.[1] We can also say that Y - C = S: income minus consumption equals “savings” in the economy... to the balance of payments. This institution was called the “International Monetary Fund.” Figure 1 below.... The solid line repeats the current account balance from Figure 1. The dashed line shows the government
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
SYRIZA by almost 2:1. The findings suggest that despite the derision heaped on the support measures... in its latest report a “soft landing”, with the growth rate somewhere between 1 and 1.5 pct, from... sees growth even lower to 1 pct, while inflation is also seen persisting into 2023 at 6 pct. In its
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agoranotes that our first responses to stimuli are often heuristic and superficial. This is System 1, or “Fast Thinking,” based on instincts and emotion. System 1 has evolved for survival and immediate..., then the subsequent revisions will likely be revised downwards over time. Figure 1 is a plot of five
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