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November PMI at 52.2 as new business growth hits 45-month high, hirings reach 18-year peak
EconomyMacroeconomyclient demand. New business growth almost reached a four-year high. To be able to satisfy... reason for fastest rate of adding workers in the survey’s 18.5 year history. Higher demand and enhanced
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After reaching SLA, Athens focuses on prior actions and next bond issue
EconomyProgrammeis due to be removed from January 1 next year but Tsakalotos said that there is enough fiscal space... by the end of the year.
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One in two Greeks thinks life was better 50 years ago, poll suggests
Societyyear on November 17, the date on which a 1973 student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic university... expectancy in the 1960s was 67.3 years for men and 70.4 years for women. In 2014, the latest year
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Auctions, strikes trouble Tsipras but focus still on programme exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoices within SYRIZA advocating the idea of going to the polls early next year so that the party... (and the lowering of the tax-free threshold if it is adopted a year earlier) come into full view.
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Eurosystem funding falls by 4.46 bln in November, banknotes in circulation decline
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. ELA funding has fallen every month this year except for February, when a marginal rise....” Since the start of the year, Eurosystem funding has declined by 33.37 billion euros. This stems largely
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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
Agorayear, compared to around 6,000 in 2014. The other aspect that has to be examined is the extent... refugees have yet to be relocated under the quota system agreed more than two years ago. Last year
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Entrepreneurs show lack of innovation, face many barriers to entry, study suggests
EconomyFeatureson entrepreneurship in Greece. The annual report has been compiled every year for the last 14 years... of a new business came to 5.7 percent in 2016 (or around 380,000 people) versus last year’s figure of 6.7
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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policyas at the UN, that 2018 will be a landmark year that could lead to the final resolution of the matter... January through March next year. Despite the aim of reaching a deal before the NATO summit in July
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Budget passed but coalition handouts draw attention
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme next year. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis countered this narrative and argued... the second half of next year, a scheme would be launched to bring the cost of sea transport, for goods
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Industrial turnover grows by 11.1 pct in October, reversing decline of previous month
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure is the first double-digit growth since May this year and reverses the negative reading... at -3.9 in November. In the year to date, industry confidence has improved by 1.8 points.
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