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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesin production, particularly in European countries. Spain’s production is expected to fall by 8 percent... demand for olive oil because the local cost of production is relatively high at 1 euro per kilogram
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Newsletter 129 - 28/07/2017
contraction accelerated for the second straight month, reaching 1.3 percent in June from 1 percent in May, BoG... contributions increased by 4.2 percent, after falling by 4.3 percent in Q4 2016, to stand at around 8
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Overdue social security contributions increase 827 mln to 23.3 bln at end of Q2
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of total) owe more than 1 million each for a total amount of 6.53 billion. Though they represent... from 64,433 in the previous quarter, or 8 percent of the total. We highlight that 18.96 billion
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Foreign arrivals push travel surplus up by 6.6 pct in July, average expenditure falls
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus for the seven-month period is an 8 percent increase in foreign arrivals. Expenditure per trip.... Furthermore, travel receipts are foreseen to increase by at least 1 billion and range between
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General govt primary cash surplus at 4.51 bln in eight-month, arrears increase to 6.03 bln
EconomyMacroeconomymillion), hospital arrears (+8 million) and SSFs (+6 million). Arrears in extrabudgetary funds fell... of 500 million euros was also noted in bank support as well as a marginal fall of 1 million euros
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Travel balance up by 18.5 pct in August as foreign arrivals increase
EconomyMacroeconomythe aggregate figure up by 8 percent to 13.4 million. According to SETE’s projections, foreign arrivals... are foreseen to increase by at least 1 billion and range between 14.2-14.5 billion this year
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General govt primary cash surplus at 6.39 bln in October, arrears continue to decline
EconomyMacroeconomyincreased by 412 million while subsidies rose by 208 million. A slight rise of 8 million was also noted...) and local governments (-11 million). Hospital arrears declined by a slight 1 million euros. Rises of 4
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Countdown begins for multi-bill, coalition eyes minimum wage increase
EconomyProgramme-bill on January 8. Minimum wage Despite the pressure on the government to tie up loose ends... of around 1 billion euros at the end of the year after revenues performed better than expected
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agoraof this helps address the key issues. For instance, the IMF sees the Greek economy growing by no more than 1... at a minimum of 7–8 years. Greece cannot hope to move forward after its programme exit if such vital
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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two is seen growing by 1 point since earlier in January. The centre-left grouping Movement for Change has 8 percent in third place, a spot that it is starting to occupy in most surveys, overtaking
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