LAST UPDATE: 19:13 By Dimitris Gatsios At the end of the spring of 2023, the prime minister placed the elections, speaking at the forum of the Economic Post “The Changing World”. At the same time, Mr. Mitsotakis closed again the scenarios for change of the electoral law, setting, at the same time, the stake of […]
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K. Mitsotakis: Elections at the end of spring 2023 – The reduction of VAT on food is a weapon that exists in our quiver
LAST UPDATE: 19:13 By Dimitris Gatsios At the end of the spring of 2023, the prime minister placed the elections, speaking at the forum of the Economic Post “The Changing World”. At the same time, Mr. Mitsotakis closed again, the scenarios for change of the electoral law, setting, at the same time, the stake of […]
K. Mitsotakis: The reduction of VAT on food is in our quiver – Elections at the end of spring 2023
LAST UPDATE: 19:13 By Dimitris Gatsios At the end of the spring of 2023, the prime minister placed the elections, speaking at the forum of the Economic Post “The Changing World”. At the same time, Mr. Mitsotakis closed again, the scenarios for change of the electoral law, setting, at the same time, the stake of […]
Chr. Staikouras: The Ukrainian crisis will not derail the Greek economy
LAST UPDATE: 11.15 The assessment that the Ukrainian crisis will not derail the Greek economy, was made by the Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras, in his speech at the conference “Banking Summit: Paving the way for growth”. According to the minister, “what we did was to take advantage of the 2021 yield to mitigate the […]
G. Stournaras: The effects of the Russian invasion on the Greek economy
The governor of the Bank of Greece, Giannis Stournaras, referred to SKAI about the effects of the Russian invasion on the Greek economy and the economy of the eurozone, noting that at the moment there is still uncertainty, and all scenarios depend on what will happen in Ukraine. As the BoG commander clarified, “the West […]
What do the ECB announcements mean for the Greek economy?
By Tasos Dasopoulos Yesterday’s decisions of the European Central Bank, which brings an end to bond markets earlier, indirectly opening the chapter of the interest rate increase that will significantly affect Greece despite the continuation of support after PEPP, seem like a careful balancing exercise. The reversal of monetary policy was imposed by things as […]
Research FHW GSEVEE: The expectations of households for 2022 are particularly negative
The support measures combined with the partial return to “normalcy” seem to have led to an improvement in the income structure of households, which was reinforced by the increase in employment, according to the main conclusions of the income survey of Greek households by FHW GSEVEE. 2021. In particular, the households belonging to the lowest […]
Eurobank: Most of the pandemic losses in real GDP recovered in 2021
2021 started with high uncertainty due to the 2nd lockdown and closed with growing concern due to the energy crisis, notes Eurobank in its weekly bulletin “7 Days Economy”, adding that in recent days the degree of uncertainty has increased due to the chain reactions caused by Russian invasion of Ukraine. As he notes, last […]
Chr. Staikouras: Government seeks new ‘defense lines’ in Europe to support households and businesses
The consequences of the war in Ukraine are particularly painful for the Greek economy, exacerbating an already negative climate on the inflation front, which is negatively affecting households and businesses. In the face of this grim situation, the government is trying to find effective tools to mitigate, as far as possible, the impact on the […]
The good and the bad scenario of inflation
By Tasos Dasopoulos The jump in “national” inflation from 7.5% to 6.2% in January from -1.3% in the same month of 2021, is impressive after almost a decade of negative inflation in Greece, although no one can to confirm that we have seen the top of the ascent. The ECB will revise its 2022 inflation […]