Search
-
Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agoratime. Figure 1 shows the overall fiscal balance over 10 years through 2022-Q2 as reported by two key... are calculated on what is called a “modified cash basis,” the dashed line in Figure 1. This means... at the time when these have an economic impact (solid line in Figure 1), even if the budget cash impact
7% -
Where are the Conservatives?
Agora(only members with “cabinet authority”). A sample is presented in Table 1. This is not a scientific... (countries are organized differently), but the broad outlines are nevertheless instructive. 1... (Mitsotakis 1 and 2). 2. The average number of “cabinet” members, sometimes including state secretaries
7% -
Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agora) is without precedent in the history of a sovereign debt restructuring exercise.[1] Put otherwise, while... debt dynamics (see graph 1 below) it is a matter of time until this secondary migration process... a combined volume of 240 billion euro. The current programme expires in mid-2014. 1. Who will blink first
7% -
Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros will reportedly go towards reducing the country’s debt, 1 billion to reduce state arrears and 500 million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... contributions by 3.9 percentage points (2.9 for employers and 1 for employees), which will be effective
7% -
European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points
EconomyProgrammeof the next sub-tranche of 1 billion (due in June) include six prior actions, namely: 1) adoption of outdoor... to be completed by the end of June (for the disbursement of the 3rd sub-tranche of 1 billion in July): 1) adoption of the necessary legislation to merge all the supplementary pension funds
7% -
With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicshad to complete six tasks to receive the June instalment of 1 billion euros and another six to get 1.... The first set of prior actions are: 1) adoption of outdoor trade law 2) adoption of investment.... The second set consists of: 1) adoption of the necessary legislation to merge all
7% -
A snapshot of Greek banks' ABS as ECB readies for next move
Economybillion, while Eurobank’s figure stands below 1 billion. In addition, they hold covered bonds (mainly... by Alpha and Eurobank at 3.6-3.7 billion, while Piraeus figure stands slightly above 1 billion... as collateral of uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds as of March 1, 2015. These guarantees amounted
7% -
Greek travel receipts rise 9.1 pct in January as surplus doubles
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel receipts rose by 9.1 percent in January, after a modest increase of 1 percent..., up by 1 million compared to the 2014 figure, and direct tourism revenues above the 2014 level... Chairman Andreas Andreadis recently said that the euro’s drop against the US dollar to almost a 1:1
7% -
Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels
PoliticsGreek Politics(roughly 1 percent of GDP) to pensions and another 1.8 billion euros per year to be raised from increases... a change in the VAT rates (6, 11 and 23 percent) with estimated additional revenues of around 1 billion... of the institutions’ demand for incremental revenues of 1.8 billion (1 percent of GDP) from VAT changes
7% -
IMF preliminary DSA finds Greek debt unsustainable, points to need for debt relief
EconomyProgramme36 billion. These additional funding needs stem from: 1) Lower fiscal targets (additional needs... targets for the next years: at 1 percent of GDP for 2015 (from 3 percent), 2 percent in 2016 (from 4.5... of Greece fell to less than 1 billion at the end of May against a target of 5 billion in 2015 and 8
7%