Programme
A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
Greece and the Brussels Group began discussing over the weekend the details of the fiscal and structural measures proposed by Athens with the aim of securing the gradual disbursal of the remaining 7.2 billion euros in bailout funds.
Greece prepares reforms list, eyes solution to liquidity shortage
Following the two crucial meeting of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with top eurozone officials last Thursday and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday, the next key task for the government involves the submission of a full list of specific and detailed reforms.
After paying IMF, Greece looks to cover remaining funding needs for March and April
Τhe government has covered a large part of its funding needs for March, which mainly comprised of 1.5 billion euros in payments to the International Monetary Fund and the rollover of 4.6 billion euros worth of T-Bills.
Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
Overcoming a lack of liquidity and covering its funding needs until June are fast dominating the governments economic policy agenda.
Greece sees lower primary surplus at 0.3 pct for 2014, fiscal challenges remain
The Finance Ministry (MoF) said in a press release on Monday evening that the primary surplus for 2014 reached 0.3 percent of GDP, according to Greece’s Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) methodology.
Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
Apart from Greece’s funding needs and the means by which they will be covered until the disbursement of the pending bailout tranches of 7.2 billion euros, another pressing issue that will be closely monitored after technical discussions between Greece and the institutions began in Brussels on Wednesday is that of the fiscal performance and outlook for this year.
Ahead of Eurogroup, Greece juggles funds to cover liquidity shortage
Eurozone finance ministers meet on Monday afternoon to discuss, amongst other things, the list of seven reforms submitted by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis last week - a vital step towards Greece possibly overcoming its pressing liquidity problems.
Greece submits reform proposals but Eurogroup unlikely to be moved
Ahead of Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has sent a letter to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem setting out an initial list of seven reforms to be submitted for technical discussions.
Greece's imminent funding problems: All the numbers you need
Before the Greek government can reach the point of discussing any new arrangement with its lenders to take it before June, it has to overcome its pressing funding needs, with March probably being the biggest hump it has to get over during the next four months.
The numbers behind Greece's reform proposals
The reform list sent by Greece to its lenders was approved as a “valid starting point” for the review process despite not containing any numbers. We attempt here to provide a framework for some of the key economic aspects of the document.