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Lower spending, extra revenues result in budget execution beating targets in March
EconomyMacroeconomya one-off item of 555.6 million, which relates to a presubscription fee received by the Hellenic
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Industrial turnover down by 9.8 pct in Feb for fourth straight fall
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the seventh successive month. “One major concern is the trend in exports, which up until fairly
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Greek women having children later, young people taking longer to fly the family coop
Societyin the EU to consider standing for election, with only one in eight giving the idea any thought
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Greek banks’ loan quality is deteriorating
EconomyOne of the most worrying conclusions to emerge from the conference calls that followed the announcement of the Greek banks’ 2014 financial results was the deterioration of the quality of their Greek loan portfolios in the first two months of the year. This was mostly evident in household lending
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicstax (ENFIA) last year as his government’s biggest PR mistake and the one policy decision
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Rebound in Q4 by 1.4 pct brings 2014 disposable income down 3.2 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyand benefits by 3 percent. Since 2009, household disposable income has been eroded by one-third, which
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Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheduled Eurogroup. This is one of the reasons for which Athens hopes that its liquidity tightness
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down
PoliticsGreek Politicsone of the reasons that the Washington-based organisation is insisting on pension reform being
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Commission slashes 2015 Greek growth forecast to 0.5 pct, sees debt rising
Economyfiscal balance by one of the three institutions that oversee Greece's programme. Note that new and old
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Greece expects no surprises from ECB despite questioning chances of deal
PoliticsGreek Politics, upbeat comment. “Today’s meeting with the ECB president Mario Draghi was a constructive one,” he
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