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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Greece is also maintaining active engagement in Libya, with scheduled visits by the Foreign Minister... in Libya, promote stability and address pressing issues such as migration, while reiterating Greece’s
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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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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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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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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyexpenditure rose by 0.1 percent. ELSTAT also released a first estimate of the overall GDP figure for 2019... just short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of a 2 percent rise for 2019. This is subject to revision in the second GDP estimate which ELSTAT will release later in the year
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicsat around 13 billion euros. Apart from agreeing on the size of further financing, Greece and its eurozone... provisions that should be amended or repealed. The Paris-based organization estimates the benefit... by the IMF, and then how much will be needed to finance the country in 2015/16. The IMF estimates
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How big is the gap separating Greece and the institutions?
EconomyProgrammeto this year since the new VAT rates will be effective from July 1. Apart from the total estimated... to 3.5 percent with estimated revenues of 120 million for 2015 and 250 million for 2016... tax on gross revenues of Video Lottery Machines (VLTs) with estimated revenues of 35 million for 2015
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