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Polling steadies at top but churns beneath surface as opposition support splinters
PoliticsGreek Politicsin its election result estimate. This gives the governing party a 17.1‑point lead over PASOK in raw... reaches 29.4 pct in its vote estimate — up 0.9 points from January — and stands at 21.4 pct in voting.... Marc records the socialist party at 10.7 pct in voting intention and 13 pct in its estimate, while
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Short-term rentals raise rents by average of 8.3 pct, study indicates
EconomyFeaturesimpacted daily life in urban zones, including creating friction with long-term residents of an area... to the area and a limit on the days which such properties can be leased. Noting that the existence of short... to 104.6 million, and 2016 when the loss was estimated at 160.6 million. Supposing that the revenue
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Surprise 0.1 pct QoQ rise in Q4 GDP on investment rebound, 2015 recession at 0.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy) of 2015 as it edged up by 0.1 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) compared to a flash estimate of 0.6... estimate and involve December data for the balance of payments and quarterly data for the labour force... but in line with Bank of Greece (BoG) estimate. However, it is lower than the initial forecasts upon
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EC forecast acknowledges pressure on Greek households, revises down growth
EconomyMacroeconomy. The estimate for next year was also downward revised to 2.3 percent, also from 2.5 percent... consumption is now seen growing by 0.5 percent this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018... the previous estimate of 11.5 for 2018 and unchanged for 2019. Exports are seen performing strongly, assisted
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EC ups growth to 2.2 pct in 2019, sees growth in 2020 at 2.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised upward, from 2.3 percent in November to 2.4 percent now. The estimate for 2021 remains unchanged... the market share in export markets. Although the uptick in the growth estimate for this year was implied... that it will converge with Bank of Greece’s, this year’s estimate by Brussels remains below the Greek
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agora, when even the revised revenue targets for 2009 contained an estimate that revenues would grow by 14... their estimate of 2.5 billion euros in revenues. The expenditure disaster However, the true disaster lies... jumped by 18.1 percent vs an annual growth estimate of 9.8 percent. Based on first half of the year
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Greece sets out broad reform plan for lenders' approval
EconomyProgrammeprogramme. Fiscal structural policies The first area involves commitments for tax policies including... spending in every area of government expenditure, drastically improve the efficiency of central and local... into a national priority. A key pledge relates to fuel and tobacco products’ smuggling (with estimated revenues
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MPs approve redevelopment of ex-Athens airport, which study sees having key economic impact
Economyof the development of the area. The study shows that for Greece to achieve steady growth a key prerequisite... percentage points at the end of a 25-year period. IOBE also notes that the employment in the area... generation from the project operation and additional foreign tourism revenues, which are estimated
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Piraeus Port Authority lays out major development plans
EconomyFeaturesacross around 40,000 square meters. They include building four hotels in the area, a new cruise terminal... overlooked surrounding area. PPA stressed the benefits that these investments would carry for the tourism... an estimated 500 million euros in investments. The plan, titled “Master Plan of the Port of Piraeus
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
to the previous estimates that were released in April. The IMF sees the Greek economy growing by 2 percent this year and 2.2 percent in 2020. In the previous WEO, the growth estimate for 2019 was 2.4 percent. Next year’s estimate is unchanged. Despite the downward revision of this year’s growth estimate
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