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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsin which to negotiate with the eurozone. Prominent economist Yanis Varoufakis was appointed finance... Economy Ministry, has gone to economist Giorgos Stathakis, who recently argued that SYRIZA's main aim... outside the two parties. As expected, a number of economists have been given prominent roles
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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek Politics, as recounted by US economist James K. Galbraith, who was part of the team that worked on the report in question... Fofi Gennimata asked for a judicial investigation into Galbraith’s claims, which the US economist... with Galbraith and stressed that the economist, who was taken on as an adviser by Varoufakis, did not have
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
for the Economist conference. European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling met... in Athens for the Economist conference, to test the waters with Greece’s lenders for their proposed tax... primary surplus,” Regling said in his speech at the Economist conference. “A reduction in tax rates
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
EconomyThe final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros for the fourth straight month. The year-to-date previous revenue shortfall, which peaked to 1.61 billion euros
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s unpaid taxes rose by 873 million in May at a slightly accelerating pace compared to the 763 million recorded in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems. Following May’s performance, the year to date figure of new unpaid tax obligations stands
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Unpaid taxes rose by 1 bln a month in H1 2014, collection targets missed
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate of increase in Greece’s unpaid taxes accelerated to 1.03 billion euros in June from 873 million in May and 763 million in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems, which also revealed that most tax collection targets are being missed. The June
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Primary cash surplus widens to 2.85 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance improved to 2.85 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 from 1.19 billion last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. In March, the primary cash surplus widened by 11.1 percent to 763 million from 687 million
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Budget primary surplus at 4.66 bln in 11-month as expenditure falls, revenues rise
EconomyMacroeconomyof 763 million euros, landing above target by 1.58 billion euros. Revenues Gross revenues edged down
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