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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesmillion euros over the past three years on a net basis. The largest increase in social security... A slightly different argument has been put forward regarding the appointment of senior civil servants
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Newsletter 161 -11/05/2018
and those where the recommendations put forward by assessors vary substantially. The lack of real... in the baseline scenario, increasing to 850 basis points in the adverse scenario and Net Interest Income (NII
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Delay to final tranche over island VAT as lenders quash talk of pension cut reversal
EconomyProgrammeinstalment to be put on hold because it had not been able to complete the national procedure for approving... that on a net basis, the fiscal situation will not be changed. And that was an important step
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Greeks seen working longer, until July 18, to meet annual tax bill
Societyput Greeceās date last year at July 10. The study notes that Greece tied with Germany for the fourth... 5, 31 days earlier than in 2010 (August 6). Hungarian workers have seen their real net pay increase
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesfor funds spirited out of the country. Tighter controls on capital leaving China since 2017 have put... since 2011, focuses on high net worth investors. It has a higher threshold of 2 million euros and had
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
savings on pension spending in order to repurpose those funds to strengthen its social safety net has... the second review of the third programme in 2017. Finally, Athens has put together data showing
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Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
EconomyFeaturesof directors. The updated offer is for the sum of 1.38 billion euros including VAT, with net proceeds coming... of the persisting impression among Greeks that the country has put on a fire sale of its best assets in order
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Amid market turbulence, Greece searches for scheme to help banks reduce bad loans
EconomyBankingto an ongoing debate between the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund over the need to put... and a reduction in price targets and outlook. In 2017, Greek lenders had a combined net interest income
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammethe social safety net and reduce the reliance on pensions as a form of welfare support. However... suggest there is still a chance that the European lenders might ask for the pension cuts to be put
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Lenders fret over reform delays as Brussels revises 2019 growth forecast upwards to 2.2 pct
EconomyProgrammeThe institutions have put on record their concern about the delays from the Greek side regarding the implementation of the post-MoU reforms just as Athens pledged that it will be ready to legislate... as a result of strong external demand that led to net exports being the main driver of growth during
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