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The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
Agora. The rate on 4.45 percent Portuguese securities maturing in June 2018 dropped to 3.91 per cent on January... indicators Portugal is missing agreed targets. For one this concerns the government deficit (5.5 per... per cent end-2013).[†] This being said, there may be good reason on the part of Greece to take more
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Newsletter 418 - 29/03/2024
on economic performance, the latest data from Eurostat on GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP... second from last, ahead of bottom-ranked Bulgaria. According to Eurostat, Greece's GDP per capita in PPP... in 2019, the needle has barely moved from the then 66 pct of the EU average for Greek GDP per capita
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesreport on pension adequacy measured pension expenditure as a share of per capita GDP. By this measure... of per capita GDP, compared to the EU average of around 65 percent. However, by absolute measures... of the crisis - Greece’s political parties have forgone the opportunity to engage on their own terms
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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates
PoliticsGreek Politicsguidelines require 10 square metres per MP in Parliament but only 2 square meters per pupil... than to engage in substantive debate. On the other hand, there were several occasions on which
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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
. The leftists are concerned that under New Democracy’s latest drive to engage with the diaspora... employee getting on average between 60 and 70 euros more per month. For low paid workers... per month in handout. The government understands with food inflation at 12.2 pct in June, it must
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
cabinet, to create a new register of members and to engage in more “activism”, or as he put... on the basis that the spending ceiling could rise by 3 pct per year, per the latest SGP rules. Finance
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PM hits back at labour reform critics, defends 13-hour working days
PoliticsGreek Politicshours per year. A sixth working day earns a 40 pct wage bonus. New Democracy’s reforms also enable... employers under strict conditions, which include a maximum of three days per month, employee... to engage in personal self-criticism for his 2015–2019 tenure, while 40.8 pct urge him to focus on policy
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicseuro per night to 6 euros, in order to raise some 300 million euros that would be set aside to boost... also said that anyone sentenced to 15 years in jail would in the future have to serve a minimum of 5 years before being considered for parole, while anyone convicted of a misdemeanour that involves
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesto the Bank of Greece (BoG), only around 27 percent of the 300,000-plus tonnes which Greece exports per annum... demand for olive oil because the local cost of production is relatively high at 1 euro per kilogram... per cent higher than 2014).” Their report highlights that a more vertically integrated production
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