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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
euros will be handed back to pensioners who were found to have had part of their retirement pay... poll for Dimokratia newspaper suggested there is strong support for the government’s decision
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Athens and creditors place immediate focus on remaining key deliverables
EconomyProgrammehomeowners have to pay each year. The coalition is hoping that it will be able to limit the impact... maintaining a positive trend. “The upgrade is driven by the strong reform progress made by Greece
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What the ECB did next - a tale from another crisis
Agorathe cash needed to pay for these same bonds. This circular form of financing is possible and affordable... on whether one is more interested in a stable and strong Euro, or the effects of a prolonged recession
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Take your seats
Agoradifference” (the extra retirement pay received by pensioners who stopped working before the coalition’s... review is no longer necessary. In purely fiscal terms, Tsipras is on strong ground when he argues
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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsjust an adviser to the European lenders, is adamant that there are strong structural reasons... to retirement pay is more than just an economic matter for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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FinMin sets out how it would alter policy mix to prevent pension cuts
EconomyMacroeconomyspending would help fund the share of medicine costs that insured Greeks have to pay. Although... of a subsidy of social insurance contributions for young employees. Although a strong fiscal
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso sees maintaining strong ties with the church as vital in order to keep its conservative supporters... to pay to state-owned gas firm DEPA. DEPA’s former CEO, Theodoros Kitsakis, claimed last week that five
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Athens poised to unveil new minimum wage as post-MoU review continues
EconomyProgrammeto meet its debt obligations in the medium term remains strong according to the Fund, thanks to very... to rises in 24 types of benefit handed out to at least 300,000 claimants. These include unemployment pay
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat did not adhere to basic banking principles. Attica Bank also attracts strong scrutiny... ordered by a court to pay damages to the family of a dead journalist in connection to allegations made
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EC report notes economic imbalances and outlines remedies
Economya strong constraint on the deleveraging process, the report noted. Improvements have been seen... external competitiveness are starting to pay off. As part of reforms under the European Stability
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