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Govt ponders Covid measures for Easter as pandemic handling comes in for more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicslast year, Greece lifted on Monday quarantine requirements for visitors traveling from the European... at risk. Party leader Fofi Gennimata claimed that some of the mistakes made by the government last year..., should not be repeated this year. She suggested that Covid-19 flared up in northern Greece after
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Disposable income rises 0.8 pct in Q4 2020; consumption falls 8.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek household disposable income rose by 0.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, compared with an increase of 1.6 percent in Q3, according to Hellenic Statistical... a year before. A rise of 5.8 percent was noted in other current transfers. Social contributions fell
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Retail turnover drops by 3 pct and volume by 1.8 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyto -34.6. Compared to the same month last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 2 points. Retail trade improved by 4.5 points month-on-month to 3.2 points, and was unchanged year-on-year.
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Greece draws another 3 bln from bond markets as debt strategy continues at pace
EconomyGreece completed on Wednesday its third successful market foray of the year by drawing 3 billion.... This means it has achieved three quarters of its debt strategy for the year, even if the final amount... strategy this year could exceed the 12 billion euros if favourable market conditions persist with two
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Greece prepares for next stage in Covid relaxation as tourism hopes hang in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsis keen to avoid opening itself up to the kind of criticism it came in for last year, when opponents... due to being on the UK’s green list. Last year, around 1.2 million Britons visited Greece, second... to accompany the official start to this year’s summer season. Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum
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New tax debt at 2.31 bln March, rising by 685 mln month-on-month
EconomyMacroeconomy, higher than the figure for the same period last year by 4.5 percent. New unpaid obligations from tax... of the year, the collectability rate came to 84.3 percent with 2.31 billion euros collected out of 2.74... the end of last year) stood at 107 billion euros in March. Compared to the previous month
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Deposits rose by 2.96 bln in April; biggest increase in four months
EconomyMacroeconomythe level to its highest since January 2012. In April last year, net deposit movement was positive by 1.43... euros. The latest deposit movement took the aggregate balance for the year so far to an increase of 4.16 billion euros. The aggregate figure for the same period last year showed inflows of 3.17
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Creditors give thumbs up for 10th post-MoU review, underline pandemic legacy
EconomyProgrammehalf of the year. Most of those restrictions are starting to be lifted gradually as society... that were published in the spring estimates, which see growth of more than 4 pct this year and 6 pct... this year. Some of the support measures will be gradually withdrawn as the economy moves back towards
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GDP rises by 4.4 pct QoQ in Q1 and falls 2.3 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyStability Programme, the economy is seen growing 3.6 percent this year after contracting 8.1... anticipate that GDP will increase 4.1 percent this year, followed by growth of 6 percent in 2022.... The OECD this week predicted that GDP will rise by 3.8 percent this year and 5 percent in 2022.
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New tax debt at 2.56 bln April, rising by 249 mln month-on-month
EconomyMacroeconomy, higher than the figure for the same period last year by 5.2 percent. New unpaid obligations from... of the year, the collectability rate came to 88.3 percent with 4.38 billion euros collected out of 4.96... the end of last year) stood at 106.8 billion euros in April. Compared to the previous month
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