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Net private sector hirings of 29,351 in March, highest in last 15 years
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance showed net hirings of 29,351 in March 2016, up by 7,038 from last year, the Labour Ministry’s information system (Ergani) data displayed on Monday. This is the third straight year there has been a rise in March. The absolute figure of net hirings this March is the highest
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IMF sees contraction of 0.6 pct this year before strong rebound in 2017
EconomyThe International Monetary Fund has provided its latest macro forecasts for Greece in the World Economic Outlook (WEO) published on Tuesday. The fund expects Greece to return to growth in 2017 after contracting further this year. In particular, GDP is seen down 0.6 percent in 2016 and then strongly
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Break in bailout talks leaves question mark over their conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat his chances of political survival would be better if the measures he has to adopt now are a little
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IMF sees 0.6 pct primary deficit in 2015, lowers debt forecast below 180 pct
Economynotification of 2015 fiscal data on April 21. The IMF has significantly lowered its debt to GDP forecast
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Eurosystem funding drops by another 2.8 bln to 101.4 bln in March
EconomyMacroeconomyslipped by 1 billion to 36.75 billion. Since July, Eurosystem funding has been slashed by 25.13
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Banks lead Friday rebound to take Greek stocks up by 2.3 pct during week
Economystock market has seen losses of 9 percent overall this year. Bank shares surged 9.2 percent this week
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Banks’ EFSF bonds QE eligible but with little impact on liquidity
Economyshows Piraeus has the largest EFSF bond holdings of 14.26 billion euros at the end of 2015, followed
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Bailout talks resume with key issues pending and contingency measures emerging
EconomyProgrammeare not met, the non-paper notes that the government has not accepted such a proposal and its stance
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
SocietyGreece tops the EU league tables in terms of the number of lawyers per population and has by far the highest number of pending administrative cases before the courts, a comparative survey of EU justice systems shows. Remarkably, the proportion of attorneys to the Greek population increased from 370
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Athens links extra measures with debt relief in search for review compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicson the draft legislation until after Orthodox Easter on May 1. The opposition has already indicated
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