30.05.2019
Editorial: Bombshells
There are serious problems with Greece’s productive model and growth will be impossible without adhering to timely and deep reforms.
Greek Economy
20.05.2019
Editorial: Disappointment
The queues of pensioners at ATMs the day the first pension bonus was disbursed demonstrated how much retirees need that money to cover their living needs.
15.05.2019
Editorial: Rough landing
If one factors in the number of impoverished workers and the army of unemployed one realises how unrealistic governmental pronouncements are regarding Greece supposedly having exited the crisis.
18.04.2019
Editorial: Paying the piper
The observation of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises [SEV] that the longer the pre-election period the greater the danger of a transient recession is noteworthy.
14.04.2019
Editorial: Rain
The government must act poste haste and implement all the reforms that are required in order to shield an economy that is hanging by a thread.
01.04.2019
Bank of Greece report revises growth projections downward, stresses NPLs
The Bank of Greece rang the alarm bells over the danger of fiscal derailment due to Greece’s Council of State rulings which deemed unconstitutional earlier pension cuts and the abolition of holiday bonuses.
21.03.2019
Editorial: An issue of national import
Many households live in conditions of poverty and in the last four years the aggregate income of all Greek taxpayers was reduced by 2.4bn euros.
12.03.2019
IMF warns against fiscal derailment, cites several dangers
The IMF is also demanding an emergency plan to confront the prospect of thousands of court decisions ordering the reversal of memorandum-era cutbacks.
12.03.2019
Editorial: Rock bottom
The Eurogroup’s decision can only have a negative impact on markets at a time when the country is testing its endurance in borrowing from them.
06.03.2019
Editorial: Games
Since its days in the opposition, SYRIZA confronted the economy with the sole objective of reaping partisan benefits.
28.02.2019
Editorial Ta Nea: Worry
There is a double minefield on Greece’s path. The economy remains shackled by austerity policies and the danger of fiscal derailment is ever-present.
25.02.2019
Rogoff: ‘Greece must restore growth to rebuild middle class’
In an exclusive interview with To Vima, the Harvard economics professor and former IMF chief economist discusses Greece’s growth prospects.
21.02.2019
Tsakalotos agrees with Mitsotakis on need to cut primary surplus targets
The Finance Minister said the estimated cost of New Democracy’s announcements so far is 5bn euros in the first year and another 4bn over the next four years and that ND has not said where the money will come from.
20.02.2019
Editorial: Crises
The country is at risk of not receiving the profits – amounting to approximately one billion euros - on Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank.
13.02.2019
Editorial: Price
With the populist rhetoric that guided its thoughts and actions, the government engaged in a number of such clashes with reality, and reality won.
08.02.2019
Editorial: Straightjacket
EPP's Manfreled Weber leaves open possibility of renegotiation of Greek programme’s primary surplus targets
07.02.2019
Editorial: Vicious circle
Creditors also bear responsibility as they turned a blind eye to the debt problem and believed that austerity could remedy the ills of a country with the peculiarities of Greece.
06.02.2019
Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ Opportunity
Investment remains stuck at its lowest level and the economy is not taking off. It is unable to transcend the cycle and culture of pervasive pessimism, as if something is binding and immobilising it.
