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Podcast - Greek elections: Run it back?
Greeks are voting again in national elections on June 25 after an inconclusive ballot on May 21.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (414), Greece (529)
Podcast - A post-mortem and a look ahead
The national elections held on May 21 in Greece produced a landslide victory for the ruling centre-right party, which posted a winning margin of more than 20 points over its main rival, left-wing SYRIZA.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (414), Greece (529)
On monetary policy and inflation targeting
The setting. Consider two countries, A and B, that both aim to follow an inflation target, let us say 2 percent year-on-year (Y/Y) for the headline index of consumer prices (HICP).[2]
Contributor: Bob Traa
Categories: Economy (349)
Podcast - Greek elections: A marathon, not a sprint
Greece is holding general elections on Sunday, May 21. The vote lacks the drama of previous elections, when the country’s fate was on the line amid a devastating economic crisis, but it could still end up being a rather complicated process.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (414), Greece (529)
Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Countries can get caught up in the hamster wheel of daily noise. The cyclical ups and downs can become such a fixation that little else makes it onto the radar screen. Citizens then get a sense that the country goes around and round, without anything really changing over time (“…if only we had investment grade…”). Getting stuck in cyclical thinking is a trap.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Politics (414), Economy (349), Greece (529)