Issue No 48 – June 2022
1. Recent (macro-)economic developments
1.1. The evolution of the aggregate demand components in a period of health and energy uncertainty appearance,
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, pages 6-13
1.2. Higher energy prices due to war intensify inflationary pressures,
Emilia Marsellou, pages 14-17
1.3. Factor model forecasts for the short-term prospects in GDP,
Factor Model Economic Forecasting Unit Ersi Athanassiou, Aristotelis Koutroulis, Emilia Marsellou, Theodore Tsekeris, pages 18-20
1.4. Development of the Greek Current Account balance and its components,
Ioanna Konstantakopoulou, Pantelis Argyropoulos, pages 21-25
1.5. Turmoil in the stock market due to the war in Ukraine and its consequences,
Fotini Economou, pages 26-30
1.6. International environment: The war adds instability and weakens global growth prospects,
Aristotelis Koutroulis, pages 31-33
2. Fiscal developments
2.1. Fiscal developments,
Elisavet Nitsi, pages 34-42
3. Human resources and social policies
3.1. Recent developments in key labour market variables,
Ioannis Cholezas, pages 43-47
3.2. Poverty rate and social transfers in the EU,
Vlassis Missos, pages 48-50
4. Reforms-Economic development
4.1. The resilience of the Greek agricultural sector against the pandemic,
Ioanna Reziti, pages 51-56
4.2. External trade of agri-food products,
Athanasios Chymis, pages 57-60
Special topics
The distributional impact of inflation,
Nikolaos C. Kanellopoulos, pages 61-80
Export performance and growth in the Eurozone for the period 2007-2021,
Ioanna Konstantakopoulou, Pantelis Argyropoulos, pages 81-101
The effect of income distribution and private debt on aggregate demand during the period 1980-2019 in Greece
Emilia G. Marsellou, pages 102-115