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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesan additional allowance of 4,644 hires remaining from 2016, bringing the total cap to 7,097... their numbers have been creeping up steadily. The total number was up to 75,810 at the end of 2017 from a low... the coalition government, to a total of 2,487 by the end of 2017. However, they were already creeping
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Eurosystem funding drops by 1.45 bln in March as ELA reduction offsets ECB rise
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros for the month, down from the total of 26.30 billion noted in February. In the first... of the total liquidity. In March, the collateral pledged with the BoG fell by 8.60 billion euros... to 33.97 billion, the lowest total since December 2014. Banknotes in circulation have continued
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Which way to the exit?
Agoraturbulent period of recent times in international markets,. Greece needed a total of 170 billion euros... in. The repayment triples in 2021 from 700 million to 2.1 billion. Out of the total of nearly 44 billion.... As things stand, total financing needs for debt between 2019 and 2021 are just over 22 billion
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
produced a total surplus of 1.45 billion euros, which translates into 0.8 percent of GDP. The primary... are broadly in line with Greece’s fiscal performance in 2016 when the latest figures report a total... remained broadly unchanged, with a small revision by 0.1 percent higher in the total balance for 2016
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomycharacterised by confusion and instability. Between 2001-2015, the report counted a total of 36... in Greece . The total tax rate for businesses when insurance contributions are factored in was 44... total revenues from legal entities. This represents revenue which companies classed as tax but did
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Hirings balance hits record high of 100,246 in April
EconomyMacroeconomy55.5 percent were layoffs. Full-time hirings increased to 55.6 percent of the total, representing.... For the first four months of the year, full-time employment increased to 49.8 percent of the total, compared... year, full-time employment came to 50.6 percent. The share of males among total hirings fell to 55.5
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Car sales increase by 29.3 pct in April and by 32.2 pct in four-month period
EconomyMacroeconomystood at 13,367. Out of the total, passenger car sales rose by 32.1 percent with the absolute figure standing at 15,127. At around 87.5 percent, passenger cars accounted for the majority of total monthly... percent, coming to 68,511 cars. Of the aggregate total, 39,781 were new vehicles, representing
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Eurosystem funding decline picks up pace to 3.26 bln in April
EconomyMacroeconomyfunding to 21.59 billion euros for the month, down from the total of 24.84 billion noted in March... the majority of total liquidity, at 52.7 percent. In April, the collateral pledged with the BoG fell..., the lowest total since December 2014. Banknotes in circulation have continued to decline across the last
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Deposits stay positive with 870.1 mln inflow in April
EconomyMacroeconomyby 410.3 million during the period. The total balance for the aggregate period last year showed... aggregate figure since December 2015. Total deposits, which also include the general government (gg... brought central bank funding to 21.59 billion euros for the month, down from the total of 24.84
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Piraeus Bank sells first real-estate backed NPE portfolio worth 1.95 bln
EconomyBankingof the total loan portfolio last December. Write-offs have so far been the main tool in reducing... to a total of 1 billion which the bank aims to sell by October 2018. Towards the end of 2018..., totalling roughly 1 billion euros, which are collateralised. This would bring the total sales of NPLs
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