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Corporate taxation, underspend lead to 3 bln primary surplus in March
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a surplus of close to 3 billion euros in March, compared to a surplus of 3.08 billion euros in the same month of 2023, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Tuesday. In March, the budget primary balance
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Current account deficit widens to 3 bln in Mar, at 4.47 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s current account recorded a deficit of 3 billion euros in March, from a deficit of 2.49 billion euros in February, Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Wednesday showed. In March 2024, the balance showed a deficit of 2.5 billion euros. The Bank of Greece notes that this is mainly due
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Disposable income rises in Q2, saving rate stays negative at -3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy. The household saving rate (defined as gross savings divided by gross disposable income) stood at -3 percent
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Budget primary surplus at 3 bln in Feb as tax performance moderates
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance produced a surplus of 3 billion euros up to February, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Monday. The primary balance came in at 1.04 billion euros above the target. Expenditure, excluding interest payments
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NBG turns profitable in Q3, NPE stock drops further by 1 billion
EconomyBankingstraight quarter by 1 billion QoQ to 20.1 billion at the end of September. Overall, NBG’s NPEs have... reflecting lower insurance income. Net interest income (NII) improved by almost 1 percent QoQ to 485 million... percent in Q2, remaining by far the lowest among its domestic peers. The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio
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CPI rises for ninth straight month in Sept with 1 pct increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1 percent in September, up slightly from the 0.9...’ and services’ indices advanced by 1.1 and 1 percent, respectively. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) also rose by 1 percent in September, up from August’s figure of 0.6 percent. The main driving
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CPI rises by 1 pct in August, staying positive for fifth month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1 percent in August after a rise of 0.9 percent in July... that the figure has landed at 1 percent. The average CPI for the latest 12-months since August 2017 remained...), health (+1.5 percent) and hotels, cafes and restaurants. Smaller rises ranging between 1 percent and 0.2
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Athens eyes multiple benefits from joining China-backed 17+1 initiative
PoliticsForeign Policycalled 16+1 group, becoming the 17th member of the collective. The Dubrovnik meeting last Friday... clearly expressed his intention to join the 16+1 group (11 participant states are EU member states... of what will be called from now on the “17+1 initiative,” a significant step for the summit
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CPI rises by 1 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1 percent in April following a rise of 0.9 percent... percent, from 0.8 percent in the March rolling period. Month-on-month, the CPI in April rose by 1 percent...-on-month, the HICP showed an increase of 1 percent. The overall CPI increase on an annual basis was driven
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Economic sentiment reaches 101 pts in Dec, highest in more than 3 years
EconomyMacroeconomyin December. Construction improved slightly to -58.3, up by 1 point. During 2017, industry
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