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Amid promising signs for tourism, govt hedges its bets with targeted support
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion shots delivered as of Monday. Currently 34.5 pct of the adult population has received at least one..., where a universal vaccination programme dubbed “Blue Freedom” has been in progress. In the past week
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Greece raises another 2.5 bln with reopening of sought-after 10-yr bond
Economyof the PEPP scheme, the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has taken advantage of the positive... the full debt strategy has been executed.
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Industrial production up by 14 pct YoY in May
EconomyMacroeconomythe first five months of the year, the IPI has increased by 9.8 percent YoY. The aggregate was driven..., after rising sharply by 12.9 points in May. Year-on-year, industry confidence has jumped by 21.1
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Unemployment drops to 15.9 pct in May, inactive figure also eases to 3.23 mln
EconomyMacroeconomytreatment of employees as inactive if unavailable for work due to furlough schemes has caused... month of Greece exiting its first lockdown - the employment balance has more than doubled, from 35,934
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Industrial production up 8.8 pct in June, continues annual recovery from 2020 lows
EconomyMacroeconomythe first half of the year, the IPI has increased by 9.6 percent YoY. The aggregate was driven..., industry confidence has improved by 17.4 points. In addition, Greece’s manufacturing PMI stood at 57.4
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Retail turnover rises by 11.7 pct and volume by 10.8 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomy, consumer confidence has dropped by 0.1 points. Retail trade also dropped, worsening by 1.5 points month-on-month to 9.3 points. It has improved by 29.6 points year-on-year.
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Violent clashes at Thessaloniki school turn focus on neo-Nazi youth recruitment
PoliticsGreek Politicsattackers to openly display their affiliation has dented some of the optimism which greeted... in Thessaloniki and northern Greece. Covid Thessaloniki has also been at the epicentre of a recent surge
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Retail sales jump 13.3 pct in Jul to extend growth period to four months
EconomyMacroeconomypoints in August. Since the start of the year, consumer confidence has improved by 6.4 points. Retail trade has worsened by 7.2 points month-on-month to 2.1 points, still improved by 24.2 points since
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CPI rises by 2.2 pct in Sept as prices shoot up at highest rate since 2012
EconomyMacroeconomywas in negative territory for the previous 12 months. The index has been accelerating ever since beginning to capture the price hikes felt across the economy. The latest figure of 2.2 percent has not been
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Banks make steady progress on improving balance sheets via securitisations
EconomyBankingand project Terra of property sales valued at 1 billion euros, Alpha Bank has project Skyline for property development and NBG has a second round of Frontier, worth 1.5 billion euros.
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