podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

Greece's economy, the pandemic, and the ECB's bond-buying program

Eleftheria Kourtali, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins us to discuss the significance of the European Central Bank’s emergency bond-buying program (PEPP) - which has been one of the main buffers for the Greek economy during this crisis - and looks at what life will be like for Greece after the emergency bond-buying program comes to an end. Eleftheria Kourtali also breaks down how Greece’s strong market performance so far is also a result of Athens setting itself up for success. 

Read Eleftheria Kourtali's latest articles here:  

Greek economy’s vaccines: QE and cash buffer

What will life be like for Greece after PEPP?

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: 

Anastasiades takes the stand in passports probe

Controversial Cyprus passport scheme will not be replaced, says president

Turkey, U.S. security advisers hold first talks since Biden inauguration

White House statement on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s call with Ibrahim Kalin

Πηγή

‹ Προηγούμενο Επόμενο ›

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

Election Fever: The “Blue Tsunami,” Hellenic Issues, and Turkey’s Play for the UN’s Top Job

This week our theme is none other than elections. The midterms this week saw Democrats sweep into power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in what many are calling a “blue tsunami” that is already upending the political scene in Washington, DC.Tuesday’s Democratic wave also amounted to a stinging rebuke of President Trump’s policies, as voters frustrated by a cost of living...

Greece leads pushback against Turkey and Libya's farcical maritime "deal"

“Geography cannot be rewritten … and sovereign rights cannot be erased by drawing arbitrary lines on a map.” Those were Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis words at the UN Security Council this week, as he held up a map showing Turkey and Libya’s “illegal” and “arbitrary” maritime deal.This agreement is back in the headlines these days after Libya’s House of Representatives dropped its...

Is France the "new Greece" of Europe? Protests, rising debt, and the lessons from Greece's crisis

A weekend of widespread protests and riots in France has put the spotlight on the many challenges facing the country, from political paralysis to a looming debt crisis. Some pundits and observers are even asking if France, the Eurozone’s second largest economy, is the new Greece of Europe, an ode to Greece’s debt crisis in the 2010s. While this comparison misses the mark in many ways, Europe is...