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Growth treads water as PM targets relief for households
EconomyMacroeconomygains that for 15,000 annual incomes translate into almost 1,300 euros per year for under 25s..., if earning 20,000 euros, and 200 euros with income of 15,000 euros. Amounts per year for a single child... a positive effect. At the same time, the tangible benefits per household, at least the vast majority
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Greece leads way in cutting spending on healthcare, finds OECD
Society, with per capita health care spending falling by 11.1 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively, between 2009 and 2011.” As a result of the cuts, Greece’s average health spending per capita stands... on pharmaceuticals remained high in 2011 by OECD standards at $673 per capita, there was a 10 percent
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Social support in Greece not adequate enough to deal with crisis, says OECD
Societyin Greece dropped by 1/3 between 2007 and 2012, with average losses of some 4,400 euros per person... average is 65 percent). Between 2008 and 2013, unemployment swelled at a rate of 3,800 per week and 60... emerging economies with much lower per-capita income, such as China or Brazil. Emigration to other
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBankingthe market price. The HFSF paid 5.84 billion euros at 1.54 euros per share to fully recapitalise Eurobank... increase later this month could pay as little as 0.30 euros per share. The value of these shares..., Mackenzie and Brookfield. The offer price stands at 0.30 euros per share, which implies an 80 percent
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Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece
Agoraperformance in Q1 of 2014, namely negative growth of 1.1 per cent, the pocket calculators were... anchored in negative territory during 2014. If a projected GDP performance of 0.6 per cent in 2014... is immediately using fifty per cent of April’s bond proceedings to buy a major stake in a highly indebted
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Greece sees travel receipts shoot up by 35.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomydecline compared to the 2012 respective figure. In addition, travel spending per trip rose 5.3... in international tourist arrivals to 1.91 million with travel spending per trip increasing by 6.2... the evolution of travel spending per trip, which slipped 1.9 percent in 2013 to 604 euros, remaining 38
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicspay scale means that Supreme Court judges will be paid 4,134 euros per month gross. At the other end of the spectrum, justices of the peace will receive 2,737 euros per month. These are basic monthly.... On top of that, the coalition has to pay them an extra 69.6 million euros per year. The amendment adopts
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Tourist arrivals in June increase 13.7 pct, bringing significant rise in receipts
EconomyMacroeconomyincrease in international tourist arrivals and a moderate rise of 2.5 percent in travel spending per... in international tourist arrivals partly counterbalanced by a 1.7 percent drop in travel spending per trip... of travel receipts per country showed mixed trends with revenues from the UK posting a 40.2 percent rise
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the reduction in the heating oil tax will lead to consumers paying up to 12 cents less per litre... tax would be 283 percent higher than in 2012, when it was raised from 60 to 330 euros per 1,000... and are growing by an average of around 1 billion euros per month. Samaras also confirmed the government would
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Sudden jump in unpaid taxes last month takes total to almost 70 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyhas been increasing by an average of 1.24 billion per month in 2014. In addition, the 8-month... to collect an additional 1 billion in the second half of 2014, which corresponds to 167 million per... performance as they reached 122 million per month. The second MoF target of collecting 16 percent of new tax
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