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Q3 GDP beats consensus, rises by 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.5 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyfor 2016. The MoF, Bank of Greece (BoG) and the EC estimate a mild GDP contraction of 0.3 percent, while OECD’s estimate stands a bit lower at 0.2 percent. In contrast, IMF sees a marginal GDP expansion of 0.1 percent. For the full year MoF and EC estimate of a GDP contraction of 0.3 percent to be met
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No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsout on her own long before she voted against last week’s bill, suggested this was an abuse... but also pointed out to the house speaker that her note expressed her personal views and not those... on her role, which is meant to be institutional rather than political, the parliamentary speaker
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Newsletter 461 - 09/05/2025
Konstantopoulou and her populist party more seriously. Just 4 pct of respondents in February thought.... This underlines that Konstantopoulou and her party have managed to grab the spotlight, taking... at the head of the pack and her apparent appeal to voters (GPO measures her popularity at 39.9 pct
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IMF expects modest recovery, lingering debt but primary surplus to return swiftly
EconomyMacroeconomyto 3.6 pct in the last quarter of next year. This year’s estimate is marginally lower than the one... estimate for a 8.2 pct GDP contraction last year. Greece is seen coming off deflation this year..., after -7.4 pct last year and a recovery from next year up to 2026 at -3.5 pct. This year’s estimate
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
. This is broadly in line with the European Commission’s estimate published about a month go, which... regarding next year. In its review in October, S&P presented an estimate of 1.7 pct growth in 2023. Also... in Parliament last weekend, the growth estimate for 2022 was 5.6 pct and 1.8 pct for 2023. The most recent
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Greece's lenders adopt cautious approach to new government
EconomyProgrammePresident Jeroen Dijsselbloem devoted most of his remarks at the follow-up press conference on Greece. “We..., those figures are known it is clear that his remarks reminded the official eurozone view that Greek
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Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicspurchasing bonds. Thank you.” The timing of Draghi’s remarks could not have been more critical....” She added: “The government considers the remarks made by Mr Draghi to be helpful. It’s a major
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Initials signs for Greek-Turkish exploratory talks seem unpromising
PoliticsForeign Policycontinue our talks?” Erdogan's statements came following Mitsotakis’s remarks last Monday in Nicosia... of stability in the region.” In his joint remarks with his Iraqi counterpart in Athens, Dendias also
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Parties return to campaign trail after Easter lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor what they describe as opportunism. ND’s press spokesman Nikos Romanos described remarks made... and the political system. In other remarks, Kasselakis demanded a halt to the privatisation of ports
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Cyprus invasion anniversary generates new friction in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy– that both sides will avoid making remarks that would rile each other. “I told him [Mitsotakis] that there won’t be remarks that will irk either side and he said he shared the same view. However, Defence
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