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Greek funding needs add to pressure in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammefor Athens. Starting from this month, Greece has to pay a total of 1.6 billion euros, which comprises 0.7..., obligations rise to 2.5 billion, mainly due to another payment to the IMF of 1.42 billion. Overall, total... to pay 17.2 billion euros until the end of August, with the bulk stemming from Eurosystem bond
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
produced a total surplus of 1.45 billion euros, which translates into 0.8 percent of GDP. The primary... are broadly in line with Greece’s fiscal performance in 2016 when the latest figures report a total... remained broadly unchanged, with a small revision by 0.1 percent higher in the total balance for 2016
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
from their so-called “personal difference” being removed from their retirement pay. Meanwhile, some.... Out of the bonds total, close to 5.8 billion euros is bonds held by the Eurosystem while 2.5 billion... billion euros from the cash buffer to pay off part of Greece’s debt to the International Monetary Fund
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ELSTAT shows decrease in material deprivation, poverty risk, while education mobility remains static
Societyfor children and 16.2 percent overall. In 2009, the rate was 11.9 percent for children. Among the total... be unable to pay for a week’s holiday away from home. The figure rose sharply for poorer households, reaching 79.5 percent. Likewise, nearly half of all households said that they would struggle to pay
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Labour bill controversy dents plans for announcements of new measures in Sep
PoliticsGreek Politicsthem to fire the worker during that period without having to pay compensation or being bound by any... already legislated for pay rises in the civil service from January, along with increases in pensions... contributions. There are 10,168 individual and 16,839 companies that owe a total of 142.6 billion
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
AgoraTsipras himself, that Greece would pay pensions and salaries rather than the IMF if it was forced... interest bill is below 6 billion. In total, Greece needs 13.2 billion euros to meet all its debt... the largest IMF installment of the year at 876 million, which leads to a total figure of IMF obligations
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Unpaid social security contributions hit 15.35 bln at end of 2015
Economy1 billion. From the total overdue contributions of 15.35 billion euros at the end of 2015, 11.31... and 30,000 euros each for a total amount of 1.26 billion. On the other side of the spectrum, just 1,028..., corresponding to more than a fifth of total debt. The largest debt bracket involves those owing between 50
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Social impact of crisis seen easing in 2018, but 31.8 pct still at risk of poverty/exclusion
Societyof poverty or social exclusion stood at 31.8 percent of the total population (3,348,500 persons... percent of the total population, or 3,701,800 people. As the figures show, after steadily rising from... relative inequality in income distribution, compares the total of equivalised disposable income received
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicson the Interior Ministry in connection to the leaked emails. They were found to have breached data... the time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified... for the European Parliament elections next month. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus has stressed
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Central gov't cash surplus rises by 53.8 pct to 603 mln in January
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government net balance on a cash basis showed the surplus widening by 53.8 percent to 603 million euros in January from 392 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time, the primary cash surplus rose to 812 million, up by 27.7 percent compared to last
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