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Fitch downgrades Greek IDRs three notches to CCC, sees damage to recovery
Economyagency expects the government to continue to run arrears to suppliers to offset weaker-than-budgeted
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Economic sentiment, consumer confidence edge down in March
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell by 1.4 points to 96.8 in March from 98.2 in February, according to the European Commission (EC). In February the ESI had rebounded by 2.9 points. The March figure is the second lowest reading since April 2014 and stands 6 points lower than the recent peak
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Retail sales down by 2.6 pct in January for third straight monthly decline
EconomyMacroeconomythan 30 percent on the back of a similar drop in household disposable income mainly reflecting
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Greek PMI edges up in March but exports, factory output fall
EconomyMacroeconomywas more than offset by a decline in the intermediate and investment goods’ sectors. Job creation
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than help the Greek public gain a better understanding of the events that led to the country
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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he hopes for “spring” in relations between Greece and Russia, which he his due to visit on April 8, rather than the “Siberian winter” that currently exists between Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffice issued a statement insisting that Panousis was making general observations rather than
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Tsipras heads for Russia with specific aims, including halting speculation
PoliticsForeign Policydifferent from other European governments. Athens may have been clearer than many other EU members in its
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Greek trade deficit drops by larger rate of 27.2 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomylower than the 16.3 percent drop recorded in January. In absolute terms, imports amounted to 3.45
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the committee. However, the key role played by Konstantopoulou in the process, rather than Pavlopoulos’s tacit
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