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Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017
involves Athens adopting 1 percent of GDP (roughly 1.8 billion euros) in new measures in 2019 and another 1 percent of GDP in 2020. The first set will be mostly made up of cuts to pension spending.... Manufacturing PMI dropped by 1 point to 46.7 in March, almost offsetting the increase of 1.1
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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraplayers with different, at times conflicting agendas. The 16+1 cooperation format enables countries... (RCC) in Sarajevo. They must decide how to set strategic priorities and develop a cooperation... would undoubtedly benefit more if they are operated on the basis of two-way traffic. [1] Countries
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Newsletter 139 -10/11/2017
an established and corrupt elite, which they claim Mitsotakis is part of. It looks set to form one.... The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.7 percent in October, posting a slight decline from the 1... index of consumer prices (HICP) eased to a rise of 0.5 percent in October compared to a 1 percent
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
a chance to debate such policies with his rivals on July 1 as a cross-party committee agreed.... There is no obvious reason to believe that the July 1 discussion will be any different. New Democracy’s emphasis... for Parliament. Given that the centre-right party is set to double the number of MPs it elects, if opinion polls
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Where is Greek growth coming from?
Agorathree stages for the Greek economy. 1) The collapse of activity between early-2009 and mid-2013..., which drives aggregate demand.[1] Aggregate supply can be captured by two numbers: how many new workers... of qualified labor already, and demographics are adverse). If employment can grow by another 1
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How Greek banks could cut 2014 financing gap with a bond rollover
Economythe respective minimum supervisory requirements set by the Bank of Greece from time to time. More... law, should banks not repurchase the preference shares in 5 years (i.e. until May 2014), they would... the mandatory conversion after 5 years by an increase in the fixed return by a 2 percent step-up after
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding falls for third straight month, at lowest since Feb 2010
EconomyMacroeconomywas priced at a fixed rate coupon of 5 percent and was six times oversubscribed. Following the sharp... funding in March, reduced its contribution to total Eurosystem funding to just 5 percent from 11-14... from 12 percent for Piraeus to 22 percent for Eurobank. The troika has set a target for this ratio
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Tsipras looks for traction with elections finely balanced in final stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicswith alternative measures. However, the emphasis of the address was to set out the key point of SYRIZA’s... resigned on the night of the July 5 referendum. Meimarakis is an experienced political operator who... miscalculation as the former prime minister’s ratings have been nosediving since the July 5
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Property tax notices for 2016 to be issued, collection target remains same
EconomyMacroeconomyRevenues (GSPR) announcement. The Finance Ministry (MoF) confirmed via a non-paper on August 5.... The annual target had been set at 2.65 billion and remains unchanged for this year. Last year’s.... MoF reiterated on August 5 that this year’s ENFIA burden will be shifted from small to large
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Eurogroup sees possibility of swift review but differences on debt relief remain
EconomyProgrammeof eurozone finance ministers on December 5. The Eurogroup briefly took stock of the state of play... as possible and that more time will be spent on Greece in the next Eurogroup meeting on December 5. He...-term primary surplus targets, which are set at 3.5 percent of GDP for 2018 and the following years
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