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Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEconomic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary... name issue where, according to the opposition party, he “embraced Golden Dawn in order to become
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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
Agoraorder, or disorder, that the world needed, enabling leaders to assess options based on a realistic... “international rules‑based order” was little more than a diplomatic euphemism. It created the illusion... it, it was simply “a nice story.” “We knew the story of the international rules‑based order was partially
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-medium.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
Agoradetermines that debt is in an uncertain “grey” area of sustainability the Fund would lend. But in order... that institutional biases are being tackled is to open up its kitchen to public scrutiny. Fund staff and real... is the perfect time for the Fund to open up its kitchen and show the world the ingredients that go
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Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has seized on a series of high profile arrests to reinforce its “law and order” message, hoping to restore trust among right‑leaning voters shaken by recent political turbulence. Prime... a political storm with remarks that many interpreted as invoking a “code of silence”. He said he had
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Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rise in unpaid social security contributions (SSCs) slowed quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 310 million euros in Q3 of 2016, from 831 million in Q2. The outstanding amount reaching 16.92 billion, the quarterly bulletin of the single SSC collection centre (KEAO) displayed on Monday. The increase
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
EconomyMacroeconomy. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agorathe Greek government condemned his remarks as being “unhelpful.” The Dutch finance minister, who may.... They put their public finances in order, they embarked on structural reforms and endured falls... an "imbalanced balance”,” they write. “This implies that the deficits were almost exclusively financed from
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Mitsotakis shifts focus to tax plan, investment, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsa stronger footing: Investment, tax relief and law and order. Mitsotakis held an informal meeting... and order issue in his televised interview, which was conduced just a few hours after the anti-terrorism... of “slowly but steadily restoring security and order.” New Democracy had campaigned strongly
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Police actions draw attention to ND's law and order agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand order. The conservatives promised to tighten things up upon coming to power. Since July, law and order has been high on the government agenda and the interventions at the Athens University of Business... behaviour. “The law and order agenda and practice followed by the government is a strategic choice,” said
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