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Newsletter 309 - 24/09/2021
is growing more intense, especially against the backdrop of snap election rumours, but SYRIZA’s attempt... investment grade, and this has pushed down borrowing costs to record low borrowing costs. Each post... of GDP in 2060, revised down to 57.6 pct of GDP this week. Greece remains vulnerable
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Newsletter 485 - 21/11/2025
and ranking as Europe’s top cruise terminal and third-largest container port. Against this backdrop... of the year before the RRF winds down in August. However, in last year’s budget submission for 2025, the Finance Ministry had forecast investment growth of 8.4%, which has now been revised down
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Newsletter 502 - 24/04/2026
. It was against this backdrop - and amid a forceful intervention by Europe’s top prosecutor - that Prime Minister... clarity. Voting intention for New Democracy fell to 24.6%, down 1.5 points from March and back to levels...-on-month, the index was up by 3.5 pct, and on a rolling 12-month basis it is down by 0.8 pct
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Newsletter 507 - 05/06/2026
. Against this backdrop, Mitsotakis has sought to shift the narrative back to policy delivery. He... to 1.9%, down from the 2.4% included in the final budget assumptions, aligning with the Bank... growth outlook at 1.8%, revised down from the winter forecast due to higher energy prices weighing
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Falling energy costs drive down producer prices by 13.5 pct in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomy14.7 percent annually, led by electricity and gas supply down by 27.1 percent, refined oil products dropped by 18.9 percent and electrical equipment was down by 6.9 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were down also by 9.7 percent YoY, led by refined oil products that dropped by 21.5 percent
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Retail sales and volumes show worrying signs, turnover down 3.8 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomymonthly movement was down by 3.8 percent. Compared to February 2023, automotive fuel was down by 11 percent, non-food was down by 3.8 percent and food sales were down by 0.4 percent. Retail sales... down by 9.7 percent, a 5.8 percent drop in foods and non-food down by 21.4 percent. According
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Easter timing pushes retail sales down markedly in May with -4.4 pct YoY fall
EconomyMacroeconomymonthly movement was down by 2 percent. As we noted last month, the data has a strong seasonal component... sales this year during April. Compared to May 2024, automotive fuel was down by 18.6 percent, non-food... percent and food and beverages were down by 7.7 percent. Clothing and footwear also recorded a drop of 7.1
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Accelerated drop in energy drives import prices down by 2.4 pct YoY in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyby 12.2 percent annually, oil and gas down by 9.6 percent, and electricity down by 7.2 percent. The monthly movements were led by oil and gas with a 6.1 percent drop, electricity down by 5.8 percent, and refined oil with 5.8 percent drop. In terms of industries, energy was down by 9.1 percent YoY
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Greek banks conclude series of corporate actions as part of restructuring
EconomyBanking27 it concluded the sale of its Ukrainian subsidiary Universal Bank to TAS Group, which was founded... management has committed to sell its Ukrainian subsidiary and therefore Eurobank operations in Ukraine were classified as a disposal group held for sale. At the end of 2015, Eurobank’s Ukrainian liabilities
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Athens reaches out to Moscow while keeping eye on Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian Foreign Minister reiterated Moscow’s position... not only about the Ukrainian issue but also the new security architecture in Europe. On his behalf... escalation in the Ukrainian crisis. Turkey impact Athens is concerned that the current crisis in relations
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