MacroPolis

Show/Hide Search

Search

Results 751 to 760 out of 5772. RSS

  1. Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    servicing costs, rather than a reduction in the principal. Giorgos Stathakis, who is likely to take up... closer to an agreement than had seemed the case for the last few months. New programme SYRIZA’s... to reach an agreement after Sunday’s vote which could be repackaged as something much more benign than

    1%

  2. First rise since 2009 for Greek household disposable income in Q3 2014
    Photo by MacroPolis

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    taxation. Since 2009, compensation of employees was reduced by almost 31 percent (more than 6.5 billion..., which corresponds to more than 3.2 billion that are no more available for Greek households... impact of more than 800 million on households’ income. Household final consumption rose by 2.3 percent

    1%

  3. New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    should be to reduce annual interest payments to less than 2.5 percent from the current 4.3 percent rather than a reduction in the principal. Stathakis's department will also be responsible for two key... was foreign minister more than a decade ago. More recently, he has worked as a professor

    1%

  4. Samaras future unclear as New Democracy enters period of introspection

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    committee on Thursday, when he pointed out that the party had lost less than 2 percentage points... also underlined that the party had gained more than 400,000 votes since the European Parliament... convincing. His critics will point out that the conservatives lost more than 100,000 votes compared

    1%

  5. Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    Society

    . Above Bulgaria and Romania in the overall ranking, Greece failed to place higher than 24th... rather than by domestic demand,” it added. There have been pockets of progress, however. Most... than insufficient, understaffed hospital wards is the poor state of community-based facilities

    1%

  6. The alternative of (tax-based) capital controls for Greece
    Photo by MacroPolis

    Agora

    . Capital controls would be less costly for Greece than Grexit. Moreover, capital controls would... leverage in the negotiations than they appear to think. Unless they were willing to put the Grexit option... greater cost for Greece than capital controls, it would be unlikely for Greece to go through

    1%

  7. Greek primary budget surplus halved in Jan as revenues miss target

    Economy

    expenditure was almost 100 million better than target. A similar pattern was also evident in the budget... billion short of target. Primary expenditure rose 4.9 percent to 3.1 billion, 53 million better than.... As a result, expenditure dropped 9.9 percent to 3.17 billion, almost 100 million lower than target

    1%

  8. Capital controls in Greece? A response to Professor Sinn
    Photo by MacroPolis

    Agora

    a capital controls regime for Greece, since the cost of a funded capital controls regime is lower than... of Grexit, while they would also be less costly for Greece than Grexit. The EZ has an incentive... writes, the Cyprus bailout cost is not 10 billion but less than 9, as one billion set aside

    1%

  9. Tsipras faces dissent from SYRIZA MPs but serious rift unlikely at this stage
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    properly. It is more likely that Tsipras will run the risk of dissent in his party rather than be seen... with a worse deal than the previous coalition. SYRIZA officials have a little time to work on the dissenters within the party, perhaps ensuring that they abstain from the vote on the extension rather than

    1%

  10. Greece's imminent funding problems: All the numbers you need
    Photo by MacroPolis

    EconomyProgramme

    . It is estimated that an amount of more than 800 million euros is held by foreigners that took up about... obligations in the last month of each quarter. Greece has also to pay in March more than 1 billion euros... government and lower-than-expected revenues from the settlement of tax arrears. Since the new

    1%