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Alpha Bank Q3 results reflect net profits of 43.8 mln
EconomyBankingmonth period (9M) of the year came to 130.4 million euros, up by 42.7 percent compared to last year... of repossessed assets, management said that 374 had taken place in Q3. Up to the first nine months... percent. In Q3 2020, net fee and commission income came to 84.8 million, up by 9.5 percent QoQ
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SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
PoliticsGreek Politicson possible early elections. Party officials have set out a roadmap up to April to complete all internal... of expectations. Instead, the plan drawn up involves concluding a series of regional membership meetings, leading up to a virtual planning meeting to focus on the agenda. The party leadership is focussing
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe speeding up of the vaccination process is welcome news for the government in a political sense... the rate not picked up it would have damaged the ruling centre-party’s efforts to cultivate an image..., compared to 14 pct for SYRIZA. SYRIZA dominates on the centre-left, scooping up 45 pct of support
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Central government debt increases €9.15 bln to €374 bln in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy. A breakdown of the composition of new borrowing in 2020 showed that fixed bonds made up 52.5...) loans made up 2.1 percent, while loans under the EU’S SURE program to mitigate unemployment risks...-Bills came to 11.8 billion euros and made up 3.2 percent of the total, while repos increased
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Data for total revenues in Q2 reflects recovery from end of lockdown
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros, up by 29.4 pct year-on-year (YoY). ELSTAT has been monitoring the impact of the pandemic... to 33.68 billion euros, up 28.4 pct YoY, followed by manufacturing, which jumped by 37.6 pct YoY to 17.98..., up by 22.4 pct YoY. Wholesale and retail sales came to 9.15 billion euros, up by 22.4 pct
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecision not to take up the new post overshadowed what was a fairly limited shakeup... tried to get one up on his political rival by including a former SYRIZA minister in his cabinet... if this assessment is taken at face value, the government is currently made up of 56 ministers and deputy
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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
Societylignite generators lined up for closure by 2023. The strategy referred to as “de-lignitisation” has... had to come up with over 600 million euros so far this year to cushion the impact of rising gas... generators scheduled for decommissioning. The government will need to come up with a clear exit
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
euros. During the first nine months (9M) of the year, GDP came to 135.86 billion euros, up by 8.9 pct... by firms and households, continued edging up as a percent of GDP at 12.6 pct in Q3, from 12.2 pct in Q2... the value of oil products and ships, the aggregate deficit was up by 23.3 percent, at 17.87 billion
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Nov budget data confirms tax revenue outperformance at 784 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.88 billion euros up to November 2021, compared... euros above the revised target. The budget balance up to November recorded a deficit of 12.27 billion... categories outperformed up to the November period with corporate income tax above target by 117
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CPI rise of 5.1 pct in Dec highest since 2011 as electricity, gas and heating oil drive price hikes
EconomyMacroeconomy, electricity was up 45 percent annually and natural gas shot up by 135.7 percent. Heating oil also moved strongly with a rise of 34.1 percent. The sub-indices for goods were up by 5.4 percent in December, services were up by 4.8 percent and the core index, which excludes volatile items like energy and food
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