Issue No 54 – June 2024
1. Recent (macro-)economic developments
1.1. The evolution of aggregate demand components in a period of economic regularity,
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, pages 7-14
1.2. Inflation in May slowed to 2.4%: Food inflation declined to 3.1%, although it remains the most significant contributor to the overall index,
Emilia Marsellou, pages 15-21
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 22-24
1.4. The first four months of 2024 ended with positive returns for the stock market,
Fotini Economou, pages 25-29
1.5. Recent developments and prospects of the global economic activity: The outlook for the global economy is gradually improving,
Aristotelis Koutroulis, pages 30-34
2. Fiscal developments
2.1. State Budget, public debt and fiscal figures perspectives,
Elisavet Nitsi, pages 35-42
3. Human resources and social policies
3.1. Recent developments in key labour market variables,
Ioannis Cholezas, pages 43-49
3.2. Comparing the average hourly wage between Greece and the EU27,
Vlassis Missos, pages 50-53
3.3. Multidimensional child poverty in Greece: Empirical findings from the longitudinal implementation of a new multiple indicator during the period 2010–2023,
Eirini Leriou, pages 54-61
4. Reforms-Economic development
4.1. External trade of agri-food products,
Athanasios Chymis, pages 62-66
4.2. Global trade and the Greek Current Account,
Ioanna Konstantakopoulou, pages 67-72