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PM pledges another billion for energy bills as govt retreats over environment bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe cost-of-living crisis. He said that more than 1 billion euros would be spent in August alone
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Impact of uncertainty on economy starting to emerge in hard data
EconomyFeaturesThe uncertainty of the Ukraine conflict, which is being felt primarily through the energy crisis and the swelling inflation wave, has been reflected for months in sentiment surveys and is now gradually filtering through in hard data, sending the first recessionary signals. For more than a year
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsweeks earlier, Skrekas had reassured the public that Greece was better-placed than many European
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Unemployment rate drops to 12.1 pct in June, lowest since before first MoU
EconomyMacroeconomyErgani database showed that Greece’s employment balance in June had 19,113 more hirings than firings
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Exit from enhanced surveillance nears, but fiscal commitments bind Greece until 2060
EconomyProgramme. The enhanced surveillance period, though less intrusive than the quarterly programme reviews, took place
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Political impact of spying revelations unclear, as drip-feed of information continues
PoliticsGreek Politics, may have been leased, rather than sold, to the Greek government. It also focussed on a recently
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Public debt records first marginal drop, to 394 bln, in Q2 as IMF repaid and bond activity limited
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government debt recorded a small drop of roughly 365 million euros in the second quarter of the year to 394.18 billion euros, after an increase of more than 6 billion euros in the first quarter, the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed on Friday. The current QoQ change
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Tourism shrinks June current account deficit, but goods deficit shoots up in H1
EconomyMacroeconomyto June 2021. The oil deficit has increased more than three times, from 1.71 billion in the first
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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the agency spying on politicians and reporters. There has been speculation that SYRIZA might
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Another strong rise for industrial turnover in June as petroleum products drive 43.1 pct increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover growth continued on a solid path in June, jumping by 43.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), from an upwards revised 53.7 percent in May, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday. After more than one year of contraction, the index
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