Greece

  • May 15, 2017
  • 2 min read

Economic record erodes Greek forecast’s credibility

Repeated scalings-back undermine the credibility of forecasts from a government that may be in opposition by 2019

Greece
  • May 10, 2017
  • 7 min read

Tax changes could drive Greek shipowners abroad

Shipowners have stuck with the Greek flag but the government cannot count on the loyalty of such a mobile industry

Greece
  • May 2, 2017
  • 2 min read

Athens’s reluctance to reform will cost time and money

The Greek reform package is mostly needed and could have been agreed long before now but for governments’ intransigence

Greece
  • Apr 21, 2017
  • 7 min read

Europe's centre-left will recover unevenly

Mainstream left-wing parties have faced long-term decline but could reverse the trend in some countries

Europe
  • Apr 13, 2017
  • 7 min read

All sides set conditions for Greek debt breakthrough

Terms have been agreed to unlock bailout negotiations but debt relief clouds implementation and the election cycle looms

Greece
  • Apr 10, 2017
  • 2 min read

Athens will live to fight another day after Malta deal

Athens can take credit from social measures but must legislate for the pension and labour reforms it has been resisting

Greece
  • Apr 5, 2017
  • 7 min read

Greek economy could slip into recession again

The Greek case shows it can take a long time for economic growth to resume after the introduction of structural change

Greece
  • Mar 31, 2017
  • 7 min read

Plan to clear Greek banks’ bad debt looks feasible

Systemic banks have undertaken to reduce their bad debt portfolios by 38% by end-2019 to release liquidity for lending

Greece