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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
growth at 2 percent. For next year, GDP growth is revised upward to 2.4 percent, from 1.8 percent... previously, albeit higher than the last quarter of 2017, when the economy grew by 2 percent. Real GDP... has much ground to cover in order to meet its privatisation target of around 2 billion euros
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Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Agora. Figure 2 shows that these efforts are yielding some success. The number of inactive people... with Figure 2 above, the participation rate is assumed to increase from around 51 percent of the WAP... growth rebound after the Corona pandemic. As Table 2 demonstrates, because of unusual shocks
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How big is the gap separating Greece and the institutions?
EconomyProgrammeand 2 percent for 2016, which is in line with the institutions’ proposal. However, the lenders... a fiscal gap of 350 million for 2015 and 800 million for 2016 2) The increase in the health care... million for 2015 and 405 million for 2016. 2) The institutions agree on a rise in the corporate income
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Stock market slips 1.4 pct dragged by huge bank losses
Economyof the first set of milestones and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) disbursed the sub-tranche of 2... trading on December 2. For the same reason, NBG stock will cease trading from December 30 until December 2 and the new shares will trade again as of December 3. NBG will run a Greek public offer for up
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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
for beyond 2018. Reports on Thursday suggested that the lenders will ask for 2 percent of GDP, roughly... envisaging the 2016 primary surplus close to 2 percent of GDP, well above the programme target of 0.5... and ANFA profits and locking in the loan interest rates below 1.5 percent. 2 Unemployment remains stable
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Stournaras presents debt relief plan with maximum benefits for Greece, minimum cost for lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyrelief in the form of smoothing interest payment for EFSF loans coupled with a primary surplus of 2... primary surplus of 2 percent after 2018, extension of all eurozone loan maturities by 20 years... surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP until 2027 and gradual decline to 2 percent of GDP until 2037. The second
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GDP up by 2.3 pct year-on-year in Q1 on strong export growth
EconomyMacroeconomypercent year-on-year (YoY) after upwards revised growth of 2 percent in Q4. The GDP movement in Q1... upwards revised growth of 2 percent in Q4. The headline GDP growth on an annual basis is the highest...) revised Greece’s growth from 2.6 percent in 2018 to 2 percent. The forecast for 2019 was also
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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyjust short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of a 2 percent rise for 2019...’s GDP was expected to grow by 2 percent in 2019 and by 2.8 percent in 2020. The IMF meanwhile anticipated growth of 1.8 percent in 2019, followed by 2.3 percent in 2020 and 2 percent in 2021
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General govt primary cash deficit of 1.85 bln in Apr as revenues decline
EconomyMacroeconomy(including tax refund arrears) fell by 2 million compared to March and came to 2.40 billion. Month... (-3 million each). Extrabudgetary funds fell by 2 million euros, while rises were noted in tax refunds (+16 million) and SSfs (+2 million). Since the start of the year, total arrears have fallen
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agoraand why these differences are important for policy interpretation. In part 2 of this blog, we will call.... Real GDP is the product of labor input and average labor productivity (Q = L *(Q/L)). Figure 2 shows..., and a bigger labor force, hence delivering higher employment throughout the future years (Figure 2
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