Issue No 42 – June 2020
1. Recent (macro-)economic developments
1.1. Positive developments in most of the demand components before the onset of the Covid-19 3
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, pages 8-15
1.2. Consumer Price Index fell during Covid-19 lockdown
Emilia Marsellou, pages 16-18
1.3. Factor model forecasts for the short-term prospects in GDP
Factor Model Economic Forecasting Unit Ersi Athanassiou, Theodore Tsekeris, Ekaterini Tsouma, pages 19-20
1.4. The Greek economy has temporarily (re-)entered a recession
Nikolaos Rodousakis,George Soklis, pages 21-24
1.5. The key labour market variables had been improving until the introduction of restrictive measures in early March 2020
Ioannis Cholezas, pages 25-32
1.6. Expected losses in the stock market due to the pandemic
Fotini Economou, pages 33-36
1.7. Recent developments and prospects of the global economic activity
Aristotelis Koutroulis, pages 37-41
2. Fiscal developments
2.1. State Budget, public debt and fiscal figures perspectives
Elisavet Nitsi, pages 42-47
3. Human resources and social policies
3.1. In-work poverty and income inequality in the EU15
Vlassis Missos, pages 48-51
4. Reforms-Economic development
4.1. Prospects for Greece’s energy transition to a low-carbon economy
Vassilis Lychnaras, pages 52-56
4.2. The regional specialisation and geographic concentration of economic activities in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ersi Athanassiou, pages 57-65
4.3. External trade of agro-food products
Athanasios Chymis, pages 66-69
Special topics
Patterns and shifts in EU business numbers, size and performance in the manufacturing and energy sectors during 2007-2016
Prodromos Prodromidis, in collaboration with Konstantinos Bakri, Christoforos Malakates, Fotios Mermigkas, Athina-Nikoletta Nikolaou, Evangelia Papadopoulou, Panagiotis Pavlou, Emmanuel Skotoris, pages 70-84
Work from home in Greece
Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, pages 85-94
Tourism and the coronavirus: The effects on the Greek economy and the compensatory role of the public sector
Nikolaos Rodousakis, George Soklis, 95-100