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GDP up by 1.1 pct QoQ, needs 2.8 pct growth in H2 to reach annual forecast
EconomyMacroeconomyyear-on-year, while imports were up by 9.6 percent. Goods exports increased by 2 percent YoY, while... latest WEO released in April, the IMF sees growth of 2 percent in 2024. In its latest economic outlook in May, the OECD places Greek growth at 2 percent for this year.
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Central government debt rises to 403.2 bln in Q2, cash reserves near 42 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyinclude bodies of the wider public sector were 41.94 billion, up by roughly 2 billion euros... by roughly 2 billion euros. State guarantees came to 26.34 billion euros on debts and 2 billion euros
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PM finalises relief measures in ambitious but risky move to sway voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 2 billion euros. The interventions are due to be announced when Mitsotakis makes the keynote speech... and unspent EU recovery funds. By confining the ultimate volume of the package to 2 billion euros, around 1... now feel squeezed by inflation and stagnant real wages. By delivering 1.5–2 billion euros
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
, from 0.1 pct in the previous quarter. This slight deceleration took H1 growth to just under 2 pct... lower tax rates across the scale by 2 percentage points, the focus has been on young taxpayers, below..., offset by 4 pct drops in electricity and 2 pct in water supply.
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IMF's latest macro and fiscal estimates reflect economic stability
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomy growing by 2 pct this year and in 2026, with both estimates below the outlook the Greek... Outlook (WEO) of April that expected the economy in 2026 to grow by 1.8 pct, and 2 pct this year... by 3.1 pct this year and by 2.5 pct in 2026, moderating to 2 pct by 2030. The current account
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Golden Dawn fallout forces Samaras into balancing act between country and party
PoliticsGreek Politicsto mop up any of the supporters who desert the far right party, which attracted 6 percent
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agorawas growing at an annual rate of 6% and banks were calling customers to sweet-talk them into accepting
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Polls show Golden Dawn support dropping after murder, New Democracy profiting most
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters but remained the fifth most popular party with 5 percent, behind PASOK on 6. More than 13
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Polls give New Democracy wafer-thin lead over SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics(KKE) tied in fourth place on 6 percent. Independent Greeks had 4.5 percent and Democratic Left
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Amid flare-up with PASOK, Tsipras makes plans to govern
PoliticsGreek Politicssince 2010 and which has seen its support dwindle from 43.9 percent in the 2009 elections to under 6
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