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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
SocietySecretariat General of Greeks Abroad estimates that roughly 5 million people residing outside Greece claim Greek descent. This is clearly an outside estimate, and not a very reliable one. Only a subset.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015
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IMF ups 2021 growth forecast to 6.5 pct, but keeps modest outlook for longer term
EconomyMacroeconomydown the forecast in Spring to 3.8 pct growth. Last October’s estimate also had Greek GDP dropping by 9.5 pct in 2020, before settling at 8.2 pct contraction. According to the latest estimate, Greece.... Overall, the IMF is now in line with the estimates of the Greek authorities, as captured in the draft
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
growing by 7.1 pct this year, compared to an estimate of 4.3 pct in the summer and the 6.1 pct growth estimate that the Finance Ministry included in the draft budget submitted about a month ago... growth above the Finance Ministry estimates in the draft budget of 4.5 pct, seen at 5.2 pct in 2022
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
on next year’s primary surplus estimate, which nearly doubles to 2.1 pct of GDP, some 5.05 billion.... Private consumption will continue to grow by 1.6 pct, though slower from the 2.5 pct estimate of 2023... authorities is certainly more bullish than some of the estimates of international organisations
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Revised GDP data shows 1.9 pct growth in 2019, taking 2017-2019 upward streak to nearly 5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyAs part of the second estimate for the national accounts and the regular cycle of base year... and the annual series base year to 2015, from 2010. The second estimate of the previous year usually... estimated this year’s recession at 8.2 pct, this was already by some margin more bullish than
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Finance Ministry ups 2017 budget primary surplus estimates on higher revenue projections
EconomyMacroeconomyof the prior actions multi-bill, has updated state budget estimates for 2017. The budget primary... government bodies, which are now estimated at 193 million euros from a previous figure of zero
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agoraof delay, ineptitude and complicity. An honest police force, a robust judiciary and, above all
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Car registrations surge by 46.3 pct in June thanks to tourism, consumer confidence
EconomyMacroeconomymonth, which is the highest monthly reading since January 2012. The robust performance in June led
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Car sales still going strong in 2014; up by 33.7 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure of 347,354 posted in 2008. Citing market sources, local media indicate that the robust growth
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Growth in car sales peaks in December with rise of 69.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy. The robust recovery posted in 2014 follows a moderate increase of 1.3 percent in 2013 indicating
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