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Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government won the vote for the 2015 budget in the early hours of Monday but the result provided few clues about how the presidential ballot, due in mid-February, could pan out. A total of 155 MPs voted in favour of the budget, 134 against and 1 voted present. One government MP (PASOK
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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicssignificant factor, makes it very difficult to predict how the ballots later this month will pan out.... nominee. It is highly unlikely that there will be an en masse move of these MPs to the government’s
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What next Greece?
Agoraand significant new debt relief will be needed before long. So how will it all pan out? I have thought
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
Time for make or break Eurogroup may decide fate of government's alternative proposals After a flurry of trips abroad by both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, a clearer picture is starting to emerge regarding how the next few weeks – at least – could pan out
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Drop in revenues drives Jan central government primary cash deficit to 149 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance recorded a deficit of 149 million euros in January 2015 from surplus of 812 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). The central government net balance also displayed a deficit of 217 million from surplus of 603 million in January
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General gov't primary cash surplus markedly better in July but arrears climb
EconomyMacroeconomydeterioration posting a deficit of 395 million in the 7-month period compared to a surplus of 812 million
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A third of young Greeks would consider emigrating to escape economic problems
Societysaid. At the pan-European level, 48 percent said they were late paying bills because they did
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Credit contraction slightly accelerates to 1 pct in May on deductions of 395 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyto 159 million in May, extending the five-month figure to 812 million. The balance decreased to 60.45
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Budget primary surplus at 5.36 bln in 10-month, exceeding target on lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomyfor a seventh consecutive month to stand at 812 million, declining from September’s figure of 999 million
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyratio of 2.81. The PDMA accepted 812 million euros for an auctioned amount of 625 million. The yields
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