01/04/2020 22:04 - In February 2020 consumer confidence in Greece had climbed to an almost 20-year peak at -4.8 points. It took just a few weeks for it to slide back down to -16.5 points in March, according to Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) statistics released on Wednesday, with the monthly reduction of 11.7 points being the biggest ever recorded from one month to the next. ...
01/04/2020 22:04 - Market data for March appear to confirm the most pessimistic forecasts for fuel demand in the month when measures were introduced to protect society from the new coronavirus. ...
01/04/2020 20:04 - In an interview with Kathimerini, Germany’s Ambassador to Greece Ernst Reichel has indicated that the prospect of a Eurobond being issued to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is still open despite the failure of European Union leaders to reach an agreement on the subject at a summit last week. ...
01/04/2020 19:04 - An agreement between European Union governments and a decision to issue joint Eurobonds, or “corona bonds” as they have been dubbed by the press, are not as straightforward as journalists, pundits and governments campaigning in their favor would have it. ...