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Athens waits to sound out IMF, PM moves on from vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is in line with the budget target but lower than the 2.2 percent that the Fund expected until... will be 2.2 percent, rather than the targeted 3.5 percent. Saturday’s meeting will be a good opportunity... Greeks to their officially recognised sex from the age of 15. Although a total of 171 MPs backed
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Trade deficit falls by 22.9 pct in June as imports drop sharply
EconomyMacroeconomythe value of oil products and ships, the trade deficit fell by 2.2 percent YoY in June. The aggregate..., bringing the total shortfall to 10.95 billion. This was driven mainly by a 4.7 percent rise in imports. Exports during the period increased by 2.2 percent. In the first half of the year, the absolute
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Banks gear up for 2020 stress tests as evaluation begins
EconomyBankingin 2019, to 4.8 percent in 2020, 2.6 percent in 2021 and 2.2 percent in 2022. Commercial real estate.... For Greece, this translates into a decline of economic activity of -2.2 percent this year, -3.5 percent in 2021 and -0.4 percent in 2022, for a cumulative impact of -6 percent and a total deviation
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Newsletter 359 - 18/11/2022
pct of GDP, towards 2.2 pct in the following year. Along with the limited fiscal capacity, compared to the total of 53 billion euros - 40 billion for the pandemic and 13 billion for energy, allocated... December last year, when it had grown by 23.6 pct. Month-on-month the index posted a 2.2 pct drop, now
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Newsletter 433 - 13/09/2024
presented a total of 45 measures of varying significance during Saturday’s speech, none of which caused... pct of GDP by 2027. This will have to materialise while growth will be moderating its year, from 2.2... also lost the effects that inflation has on indirect taxes as CPI is seen moderating to 2.2 pct next
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EC keeps growth estimates broadly unchanged, fiscal outlook improves markedly
EconomyMacroeconomygrowth at 2.1 percent, marginally accelerating to 2.3 percent in 2025 and at 2.2 percent in 2026. In May, growth for this year was seen at 2.2 percent and 2.3 percent for 2025. Inflation in Greece... further to near balance in 2025 and then run a small total surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP in 2026
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Jan trade deficit at 2.81 bln after rising by 8.5 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomytotalled 4.1 billion euros. An increase of 2.2 percent compared with January 2024. In January last year... that the trade deficit increased by 7.9 percent, bringing the total to 34.61 billion euros. Imports rose by 1.7 percent, while exports dropped by 2.2 percent. Excluding the value of oil products
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Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017
. A total of 95 prior actions have to be ticked off for the third review to be concluded. Further.... SSF arrears came to 2.30 billion euros at the end of July, constituting 42.4 percent of total arrears. Tax refunds were the next largest contributor, representing 28 percent of the total, followed
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agora). In November 2016, a second Sino-CEE Investment Cooperation Fund was launched with a total volume of USD 11... and Slovakia represented 95 per cent of total Chinese FDI within the 16+1 framework in 2016. Greece... 2014 China Development Bank Costa Mare Transport Container Shipping 1.1 Completed Official Lending
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Travel balance posts surplus of 3.15 bln in H1 2017
EconomyMacroeconomypercent increase (236 million euros) in travel receipts. Travel payments edged down marginally by 1.1... share of total expenditure in H1 2017 at 80.7 percent, with corresponding receipts rising by 8.4 percent... trips for health purposes rose by 96.8 percent year-on-year to total 24 million euros. On the other
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