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Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018
EconomyProgrammefrom 2018 to 2022. In the latest preliminary budget figures for May, privatisation proceeds came... In May, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) released a list of seven investors who... approved by the government in a ministerial decision. Hellenic Petroleum At the end of May, the HRADF
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
will move slower than expected, allowing Tsipras to bring the deal to Greek Parliament around May... in May Expenditure increases during the month as revenues fall Greece’s central government primary... million euros, of which 198 million was paid in May. The overall cash balance posted a deficit of 1.67
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Credit contraction at 1.2 pct in June, balance at 178.87 bln
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Wednesday showed. As a result, the outstanding balance decreased to 178.87 billion from 179.33 billion in May, remaining under the 180-billion... of negative readings, and came to 1.06 billion in June from -279.1 million in May. In June
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTrailing in the opinion polls ahead of the European and local elections on May 26, the government.... The government’s aim is to announce the measures before May 26. However, to do so it will also have.... The scheme is due to be launched by the beginning of May and, according to the minister, will run until
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Newsletter 208 -31/05/2019
in the national vote, granting ND a clear majority, Mitsotakis may command greater allegiance within... sentiment at 100.8 May reading shows slight increase compared to April Compared to May 2018, consumer... by +0.3 points in May to 100.8 points, European Commission (EC) figures revealed this week. May’s
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraor to attach a permanence to something that may soon prove to be transient. Sunday’s European... popular assumptions about the May 26 elections is that it signalled the end of populism... euros. The lenders’ concern, which may lead to Greece’s early repayment of its IMF loans being put off
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
which Mitsotakis himself hails from. Mitsotakis’s may have made one of his shrewdest choices... in May, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed. June’s reading... for June rose by 0.5 percent when compared to May. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP
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Newsletter 217 -02/08/2019
, lower than the figure for the same period last year by 30.5 percent. In May, the total stood at 3.14... in June, bringing the total to 3.36 billion euros compared to 2.93 billion in May. Effective new tax... both new and legacy debt, stands at 104.73 billion. Retail turnover falls by 2 pct in May Volume
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Unemployment edges down again in June, falling to 17 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised rate of 17.1 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday... under 18 percent was in July 2011. During June, employment increased by 5,752 people compared to May... in June versus May, a reduction of 0.7 percent. On an annual basis, the decline came to 110,078
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Newsletter 252 -29/05/2020
to be lower and expenditure to be higher than the target in April. Economic sentiment at 88.5 in May Consumer confidence and construction show signs of stabilising Compared to May 2019, the ESI has decreased by 13.9 points. Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell by 10.8 points month-on-month in May
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