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Building on flurry of policy pledges, Mitsotakis vows to back research and innovation
PoliticsGreek Politicscommitted over 1 billion euros to a new data centre in Greece. Pfizer’s investment in Thessaloniki’s... is set for 2027. On the ground, persistent worries about soaring prices continue to dominate... consecutive parliamentary majority in the next elections, set to take place in 2027.
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
. The revival of the “3+1 Energy Dialogue” between Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the US, and the prospect... the stalled project as symptomatic of appeasement towards Turkey. With Cyprus set to assume the EU... work offers opportunities for continuous learning" received a lukewarm score of just 3.1. These set
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
. As December unfolds, the confrontation looks set to deepen, with farmers signalling...% this year, but then stagnate around 8% over the following three years. This latest set of estimates... rate among women fell by almost 1 percentage point (pps) year-on-year and came to 11 percent, while
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economyreview of Greece’s fiscal adjustment programme is set to resume next week. There had been some... of 1 billion euros. Troika inspectors will check whether 12,500 civil servants have been placed... disbursements/financing schedule, the IMF is due to receive a 1 billion repayment of its loans to Greece
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agorathe 0.5 percent rate calculated by the European Commission but lower than the 1 percent estimated...” in implementing reforms and adjustments that have triggered “enough dynamism” for growth of 1 percent of the GDP... by 2015. Brussels set a 3-percent deficit target for 2016. Meanwhile, the debt will be climbing above
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agorathe troika’s cosh for exactly four years. The most devastating cost has been the loss of 1 million jobs... years will be reduced by over 1 pp for every pp of growth. The problem here though... by over 140,000 jobs since he took charge. Admittedly, Greece’s economy has hit rock bottom and is set
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agora-boggling 22% in just 18 months (yes, over 1 percent a month). Greece has endured the largest... and policy decisions. There are numerous other examples of inadequate explanations, including: (1... set up when monetary policy credibility was at a low ebb; a strong analogy with the Fund. Now
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How Greek banks' capital needs could be reduced by 2.3 bln
Economyon the recognition of DTA in Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1), set at 20 percent of CET1. A later BoG decision (Executive... period starting from January 1, 2015. This rule will also be applied in the upcoming EU-wide stress
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ECB tests find negligible capital shortfalls at Greek banks
Economy. The first is an Asset Quality Review (AQR), with a capital benchmark of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) of 8...) and uses both a baseline and an adverse scenario. The capital benchmark was set at CET1 of 8 percent... the net capital issuance of 1 billion (capital increase of 1.75 billion minus repayment of state
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Is there (sustainable) growth in Greece?
Agora, and it is expected that in 2014 it will account for approximately five percent.[1] But this emerging... to B from B- with the outlook set at stable in recognition of the “substantial fiscal adjustment... Play. [1] This contribution is calculated as net receipts to Greece from sea transport. According
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