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Is VAT all you've got?
AgoraGrabbing a coffee for 20 cents less doesn’t really sound like the start of an economic recovery but who knows, maybe after this week’s decision to cut value added tax at restaurants and cafes, Greece will soon be measuring out its success with coffee spoons. Naturally, the government has made
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agoraof the troika would apply the same measuring rod to the calculation of Greece’s sovereign debt and its
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New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
EconomyMacroeconomyforce by measuring three new categories. 1) The underemployed, part-time workers represent those
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ELSTAT sees 2013 primary deficit at 8.7 pct of GDP, 40 bln wiped out from economy since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyemphasises that in measuring the primary surplus under EAP a number of revenue and expenditure items
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Car registrations continue to rise; up by 9.1 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyconfidence, an indicator measuring the degree of optimism among consumers, improved for the second
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May sees 48.7 pct rise in number of new cars in circulation
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the first time since Q3 2009. Consumer confidence, which is another leading indicator measuring the degree
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomy. In measuring the performance of VAT, the OECD provided the VAT revenue ratio (VRR) as a comparative
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Income inequality in Greece remained high in 2013
Society, when it was 6.6. Measuring using the same ratio, income inequality for the over 65s increased to 4.1
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Greek regions perform poorly in social progress index
Societyindicator, where 13.5 points separated them. In the indicator measuring basic human needs, the gap
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Report shows Greek tax burden increased in 2015, remaining above OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of total taxation in line with the average figure for OECD countries. In measuring
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