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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agoraand moderately lower unemployment. Increased wage growth led to higher inflation than in other euro... an “exchange rate” because other countries may use a different currency than Greece... prices are rising faster than abroad and the country subsequently is losing price competitiveness
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
, looks set to pass through Parliament with a super-majority (more than 200 out of 300 votes) thanks..., west of Athens, is thought to have burned more than 1,500 hectares of land and damaged... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues
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The wrong prescription
Agoraof speculation about how targets will be met. This time the focus is on the structural rather than fiscal side... experiencing Greece rather than the inside of a hotel or meeting room will tell you it is easier to find a pharmacy than a super market or convenience store. The argument that OTC medicines need
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoraby refining its message or it could remain faithful to its radical roots. The problem is that Tsipras... fund to sell its shares in lenders for less than Greek taxpayers paid for them - it overshadowed... motion to Parliament last November - when little was at stake - rather than in June 2013, when
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Long-term jobless rate of 71 pct poses new set of social challenges for Greece
Society-term unemployed, which is those who have been out of work for more than 12 months. Long-term unemployment is nothing new in Greece, which has had a long standing problem with this issue. The rate of Greeks without a job for more than a year ranged between 48 and 55 percent since Greece joined the euro
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
that this reflects his view, rather than the consensus within the government. by Antonis Samaras... view, rather than the consensus within the government. Energy Minister Panayiotis Lafazanis.... The group NPL ratio (NPLs over gross loans) climbed by more than 1.5 percentage points to 32.2 percent
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... Cooperation Council are continuing. However, the problem lies in the wider geopolitical convulsions... further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens and strengthen its
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agora, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than...-Level Cooperation Council are continuing. However, the problem lies in the wider geopolitical... to go further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
of the year, more than 110,000 refugees and migrants Almost 110,000 migrants have entered Greece from... of Macedonia (FYROM). This creates an immediate logistical problem for Greece as it has to find the spaces... of farmers paying less in tax and contributions than is now the case. Τhe IMF confirmed on Tuesday
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
projections as the main problem that needs to be addressed. He said that Europe has to take... and taxes by 1.59 billion and 573 million, respectively, more than offsetting a rise in social... was reduced by 900 million quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 103.9 billion, 1.3 billion lower than target
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