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General gov't primary cash surplus markedly better in July but arrears climb
EconomyMacroeconomy-a-vis a surplus of 359 million in the corresponding period last year. The latter reflects a drop... indicates the highest monthly reading so far this year. The absolute figure reached 5.74 billion, up 7.7... million (117 million in July) to 2.46 billion euros making up around 43 percent of total. State budget
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
. Nominal GDP recorded a better performance than the real figure, edging up by 1.3 percent QoQ... recorded a drop in non- NPL formation decelerated notably at Alpha and NBG while it was negative... at 0.86 percent in July, while corporate loan rates picked up in July, Bank of Greece data showed
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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
were up by 8.4 percent. The corresponding volumes saw fuels down by 3.2 percent, a 0.7 percent drop... that Greece’s HICP moved up by 3.9 pct in October after a 2.4 pct rise in the previous month.... This concern is backed up by this week’s Pulse opinion poll for Skai TV, which indicated that 63 pct of Greeks
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Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor inciting others to violence, an offence that carries a jail sentence of up to three years... will do little for Kammenos in terms of clearing up what his party actually stands for and what he
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SYRIZA gives up on "odious debt" write-off but not major debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsargue that part of what it owes is "odious debt" - built up through corruption and a lack of democratic..., then SYRIZA is also telling Greece's lenders that it does not plan to give up its goal of substantial
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Lucas Papademos in 2011-12, when he played a part in drawing up Greece’s second Memorandum... economist to take up the job at the Finance Ministry. The new finance minister cannot say he is unaware
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Greece steps up efforts for early bailout exit but lenders play it coy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece stepped up on Sunday its efforts to pave the way for an early and clean exit from its bailout programme at the end of the year but, as Greek officials admitted, all the options are still open...-based organisation even if it does not take up the 12 billion euros in loans that will remain
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Greece continues to edge up in "ease of doing business" rankings despite persistent problems
EconomyGreece has moved up several spots in the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” ranking, with improvements in several areas but serious problems persisting in a number of areas... of ease of doing business in 189 countries. This is up from 72nd a year ago (or from 65th
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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government would probably have preferred to avoid in the build-up to November 17, which is always... looming, the leftists want to ensure they do not alienate voters and open themselves up to accusations
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Accommodation and food services index up 7.6 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyreflecting soaring international tourist arrivals, up by 22.2 percent to 19 million. Arrivals from...) and the UK (+14.5 percent). Arrivals from Germany were up by 7.1 percent, while those from Russia fell 4
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