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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammecontributions for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage points (pp), 1 pp for employers and 0.5... in contributions e.g. for 1 pp in total. This means that the government has to consider alternative measures... by 1.13 billion, there are several items worth around 1 billion (0.6 percent of GDP) in the 2016 budget
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammepercent or around 1 billion euros, mostly related to measures that are incorporated in the 2016 budget but have not been either legislated or implemented. These interventions relate to: 1) Imposition... measures. Also, Greece has to identify measures yielding a total of 1 percent of GDP (0.75 percent coming
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This is how things stand as bailout talks head for a brief pause
EconomyProgramme1 percent of GDP. On pensions, on top of the measures already implemented last summer, which are meant to yield 0.5 percent of GDP, an additional 1 percent is required for the next years. Half... for farmers and the self-employed. Tax Tax measures, which are expected to yield 1 percent of GDP
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Pension and income tax reform bill sets out 4.4 bln in new measures
EconomyProgrammeof the proposed measures. The government aims to collect additional annual revenues of 1.7 billion euros (1... and around 640 million to incremental revenues. Cost savings 1) Elimination of the solidarity grant... Additional revenues 1) Rise in contributions for supplementary pensions by 1 percentage point – 362
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
will leave the remaining 1 percent of GDP in measures, mostly increases to indirect taxes, to be approved... throughout that year will stem from pension reform (1 percent), personal income tax reform (1... lending fell sharply in March, with rates for amounts of over 1 million euros dropping by 90 basis
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
package of parametric fiscal measures amounting to 1 percent of GDP, including an increase in the basic... to be voted in the days ahead (another 1 percent of GDP in fiscal measures, the framework for the sale of non..., the coalition has done most of its heavy lifting for the time being. The 1 percent of GDP in further fiscal
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Greek banks on cusp of improved liquidity conditions
Agorawould no longer be eligible as collateral for ECB funding from March 1, 2015. This means..., for each 1 billion euros of deposits that is returned to the banking system, Greek banks can redeem an equivalent amount of pillar bonds with a nominal value of 1.8 billion. Assuming that this 1
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
, investments came in higher on 1 percent QoQ and 7 percent YoY. On the flipside, household consumption fell 0.2 percent QoQ and 1.7 percent YoY. In the first half (H1) of the year, GDP decreased by 1 percent... that seasonally adjusted retail sales and volume rebounded month-over-month (MoM) by 1 and 0.7 percent
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Draft budget sees primary surplus at 1.8 pct of GDP in 2017, revenue interventions of 2.5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythe anticipated import rise of 3.3 percent. The unemployment rate is projected to slip by more than 1 percentage... by 0.6 percent in 2017. It is worth noting that nominal GDP is seen at 176.2 billion euros in 2016, 1... revenues. The most significant revenue interventions in 2017 involve: 1) Income tax reform (772 million) 2
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Broadly stable rate in time deposits, corporate loan rates fall in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek households’ new time deposit rate edged up by 1 basis point (bp) to 0.87 percent in August.... Lower decreases of 19 and 4 bps were recorded for amounts higher than 1 million euros and between 250,000 and 1 million euros respectively. As a result, corporate loan rates in Greece remained around 300
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