n 2024, Greece is a better country than it was in 2019, Deputy National Economy and Finance Minister Christos Dimas said in a talk at the NYU Stern Business School of New York.
In his address, he analyzed the good performance of the Greek economy in recent years, while he referred to the goals, challenges and initiatives undertaken by the government to improve living standards, reduce unemployment, increase wages and reduce of tax evasion.
Dimas presented data proving that the growth of the Greek economy, from the years of the crisis and capital controls, to the period of economic progress, referring to investments and the reduction of public debt, as well as the recovery of confidence from the international markets.
He also quoted official figures with forecasts for a further and faster reduction in public debt, with a simultaneous increase in wages, employment, GDP and investment. He noted that: “Greece in 2024 is on all levels a better country than it was in 2019. It is friendlier to investments, more digital, with more and better jobs, less unemployment and lower taxes.”
In addition, he referred to the position and role of Greece in a tense period for humanity and emphasised that “Greece’s relations with the USA are at the best level of all time.”
He also referred to the strengthening of ties with the Greek diaspora, stressing that for the current government it is a strategic priority and that establishing the postal vote was a “self-evident” decision.
Finally, as part of his visit to New York, the deputy minister held a series of meetings with academic, scientific and business/investment bodies of the USA, as well as with Greek expatriates and gave interviews to mass media of the Greek diaspora.
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
