Issue No 58 – October 2025

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Executive Summary

 

1. Recent (macro-)economic developments

1.1. The main demand components in the first six months of 2025,
Yannis Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Loizos, p. 6-15

1.2. Developments in inflation in Greece and the Eurozone,
Emilia G. 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. 21-22

1.4. The Greek stock market is entering a new era,
Fotini Economou, p. 23-27

1.5. Recent developments and prospects of global economic activity: Moderate economic growth amidst great uncertainty and rising trade protectionism,
Aristotelis Koutroulis, p. 28-30

 

2. Fiscal developments

2.1. State Budget, public debt and prospects of fiscal aggregates,
Yiorgos Ioannidis, Elisavet I. Nitsi, p. 31-37

 

3. Human resources and social policies

3.1. Recent developments in key labour market variables,
Ioannis Cholezas, p. 38-45

3.2. Significant wage inequality between European regions,
Vlassis Missos, p. 46-49

3.3. Health, subjective well-being, and healthcare access in the wake of COVID-19: Evidence from Greece,
Athina Raftopoulou, p. 50-54

 

4. Reforms-Economic development

4.1. Military expenditure in the EU27,
Georgios Bertsatos, Christos Chrysanthakopoulos, p. 55-59

4.2. Digital reforms and tax evasion in Greece,
Artemis Stratopoulou, p. 60-67

 

Special topics

Revisiting Greece’s participation in Global Value Chains:
New evidence at the sector level
,
Petros Dimas, Alexandra Kontolaimou, Aimilia Protogerou p. 68-85

The impact of risk-based tax audits on the efficiency of Tax Administration,
Charalampos Kalligosfyris, Eleni Kalamara, Zacharias Dermatis, Athanasios Anastasiou, p. 86-99