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Key factors in cost-of-living crisis not kept in check
The cost-of-living issue is beginning to bite the Greek government. After nearly two years of rising prices, the public has overwhelmingly placed it at the top of their concerns, essentially showing disapproval of the measures taken to combat inflation.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
When Stefanos Kasselakis - a young, Miami-based entrepreneur with virtually no political experience - was elected leader of left-wing SYRIZA at the end of September, it was a shock. The way that the party has unravelled since then has been less surprising.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
ELSTAT has just published an update for the Greek national accounts through the 3rd quarter of 2023. Since this summarizes the whole economy, it is helpful to see what the data can tell us.
Contributor: Bob Traa
Categories: Economy (329), Greece (496)
How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
One of several indicators that captured the pain suffered by the Greek economy because of the debt crisis and the adjustment programmes is the unemployment rate.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (329), Society (140), Greece (496)
Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
It is fall season (2023), which means that the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Greece, the European Commission, and the OECD and IMF, among others, look ahead and present their near-term outlook for the Greek economy. This blog attempts to place the messages in context by looking underneath the surface. Can we ascertain Greece’s structural underlying basis?
Contributor: Bob Traa
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (329), Greece (496)