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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
this year and 2.2 percent in 2020. In the previous WEO, the growth estimate for 2019 was 2.4 percent. Next year’s estimate is unchanged. Despite the downward revision of this year’s growth estimate... September Banknotes in circulation rise by 45 million euros Compared to September 2018, Eurosystem
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Government eases capital controls further, aiming to restore depositor confidence
Economyon money deposited with a Greek bank in banknotes as of July 22. The measure actually targets the return... of the 45-billion-euro deposit outflows in the first half of 2016 were in the form of banknotes and most..., in specific cases, to pay pensions and allowances deposited with a bank outside Greece. Speaking
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly... strain on public finances, with some estimates putting the total figure as high as 4 billion euros
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agora, in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax... to pay our taxes even if it’s the last thing we do,” he said. This month marks the anniversary... of a pensioner while queuing to pay another austerity-related tax could be seen as a metaphor for how
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Greek banks' liquidity position at the centre of attention
Economybanknotes, which means the only option for customers is to make 50-euro withdrawal in one banknote... the around 1,000 bank branches that opened as of Wednesday to pay only pensions, reached 80 million... stand at around 200 to 300 million euros per day, which are lower than those initially estimated when
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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be introduced to flatten the curve. The government is hoping that the tighter measures, the checks and fines, and the efforts to encourage compliance, especially the young, will pay off
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PM aims to press ahead with reform agenda in face of scandals and pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsand better pay and conditions in the healthcare system. Covid-19 The hospital system in the greater... minister who promised to “come in like a steamroller” and flatten all obstacles to economic recovery
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition passed an amendment through Parliament this week which means it will have to pay... pay scale means that Supreme Court judges will be paid 4,134 euros per month gross. At the other end.... On top of that, the coalition has to pay them an extra 69.6 million euros per year. The amendment adopts
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
to taking out 50 euros due to the shortage of 20 euro banknotes. Pensioners were most hit by the strict... of taxpayers, following rumours that a haircut may be imposed on bank deposits, opted to pay... that you have to plan your week around visits to the ATM. One visit may not be enough to pay a bill
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President..., as well as the articles of the Lausanne Peace Treaty which sentenced Greece to pay compensation
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