Issue No 56 – February 2025

FULL ISSUE

 

Executive Summary

 

1. Recent (macro-)economic developments

1.1. The main demand components in the first nine months of 2024,
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, p. 6-15

1.2. Developments in inflation in Greece and the Eurozone,
Emilia Marsellou, p. 16-20

1.3. Factor model forecasts for the short-term prospects in GDP,
Macroeconomics Forecasting Unit, Ersi Athanassiou, Aristotelis Koutroulis, Emilia Marsellou, Theodore Tsekeris, p. 21-23

1.4. 2024 was a year of positive returns for the Greek stock market,
Fotini Economou, p. 24-29

1.5. Recent developments and prospects of global economic activity: Global economic growth is set to stabilize at 2024 levels,
Aristotelis Koutroulis, p. 30-35

 

2. Fiscal developments

2.1. State Budget, public debt, fiscal outlook,
Elisavet Nitsi, Yiorgos Ioannidis, p. 36-43

 

3. Human resources and social policies

3.1. Recent developments in key labour market variables,
Ioannis Cholezas, p. 44-50

3.2. Gender pay gap of non-manual workers across the EU countries (2022),
Vlassis Missos, p. 51-54

 

4. Reforms-Economic development

4.1. Digital competitiveness of the Greek economy,
Athanasios Chymis, p. 55-60

4.2. Net Foreign Direct Investment in Greece,
Georgios Bertsatos, Christos Chrysanthakopoulos, p. 61-65

 

Special topics

Investigation of the persistence of Harmonised Inflation and its components in Greece and the euro area,
Alexandros Karakitsios, Evangelia Kasimati, Euripides Kondelis, Zacharias Bragoudakis, p. 66-81

Public health, multidimensional child poverty, Social Security and Demographic issues,
Eirini Leriou, p. 82-100