Issue No 53 – February 2024
1. Recent (macro-)economic developments
1.1. Evolution of the main components of demand in the first nine months of 2023,
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, pages 5-13
1.2. Food, Hotels-Cafés-Restaurants and Health shape January 2024 inflation despite falling electricity and natural gas prices,
Emilia Marsellou, pages 14-18
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 19-21
1.4. Return to investment grade and high returns for the Greek stock market in 2023,
Fotini Economou, pages 22-27
1.5. Recent developments and prospects of the global economic activity: slowdown of global economic growth amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty,
Aristotelis Koutroulis, pages 28-32
2. Fiscal developments
2.1. State Budget, public debt and fiscal figures perspectives,
Elisavet Nitsi, pages 33-41
3. Human resources and social policies
3.1. Recent developments in key labour market variables,
Ioannis Cholezas, pages 42-46
3.2. Social protection expenditure in 2008 and 2021,
Vlassis Missos, pages 47-49
4. Reforms-Economic development
4.1. Recent developments in the digital transition of the Greek economy,
Athanasios Chymis, pages 50-53
Special topics
From Basel I to Basel III in the banking system: A brief theoretical presentation,
Yannis Panagopoulos, pages 54-75