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Union report sums up grim state of wages, policy shortcomings
EconomyMacroeconomyThe latest annual report by Greece’s largest union, GSEE, captures the grim picture regarding wages in Greece and the spending power of workers. The data highlights the government’s shortcomings in translating the growth of recent years into better real earnings as well as the weaknesses of its
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Unhappy voters struggle to find alternatives as PM faces fresh attack from veteran conservatives
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the prime minister’s foreign policy choices. The latest poll by Alco shows New Democracy widening
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Government moves to shake off Tempe affair after opposition bids at prosecution fall flat
PoliticsGreek Politicstime over the coming months to cover some of the lost ground. Distrust in media The latest report
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Government shows its concern about Middle East impact, farm subsidy probe
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be the latest in a long line of parliamentary confrontations between the government and the opposition
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Conflict in Middle East puts fresh pressure on economy
EconomyMacroeconomyinflation and the latest data for May sees the national CPI at 2.5 pct and Eurostat’s HICP was at 3.3
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Building activity collapses by 41.3 pct YoY in Mar due to uncertainty over construction code
EconomyMacroeconomy. The European Commission’s latest business sentiment indicators for May showed that construction confidence
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Seasonal factors push up retail sales growth to 7.6 pct YoY in Apr
EconomyMacroeconomy. According to the latest business indicators for June, consumer confidence reversed the previous
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Deposits resume rise in May, reaching 199.61 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banking system’s private sector deposits grew in May, with a net increase of 1.22 billion euros, after a 795-million-euro drop in April, according to the latest Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Monday. The annual growth in May was 4.7 percent year on year (YoY), from 4.2 percent
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Unemployment at 7.9 pct in May, lowest since Nov 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyyear-on-year to 19.9 percent, while the rate in the 25-74 years bracket was 7.1 percent. The latest
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Podcast - Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM
Agora. Three deputy ministers also stepped down. This latest crisis couldn’t come at a worse time for Prime
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