Data releases

1. 2026.08-diatimisi2026-08-30currentpermalink

   The 1977 and 1989 price-control orders, plus contemporaneous sources for 2018-2026

   • New documented 1989 anchor: a period press report on the lifting of souvlaki price control by Ministry of Commerce order. It gives both the regulated ceiling (65 GRD) and the first free-market price (70-80 GRD), explicitly "at the same price as the skewer or gyro souvlaki".
   • Out-of-sample check: the 1977 Chania ceiling (8.50 GRD) carried forward on the general CPI ALONE predicts the 1989 ceiling to within 3.4%, with no free parameters.
   • The price-control era is extended from 1976-1985 to 1976-1989, since the decontrol date is now documented.
   • The regulation uplift is now MEASURED rather than assumed: 70-80 over 65 GRD gives 1.077-1.231, centred on 1.154 (previously assumed 1.20).
   • The 1985 anchor of 60 GRD is withdrawn. It rested on unpublished recollections and cannot be reconciled with the two orders: it would imply +8.3% over four years in which the CPI rose 84.8%. 1985 is now interpolated (1977-1989) and graded "D".
   • 1998 moves from 350 to 280 GRD, with a wide 200-360 range spanning both documented paths (1989 free price carried forward, 2001 spot deflated back).
   • New catering sub-index for 1995-1997 from primary ESYE bulletins (1994=100): +12.1%, +10.1%, +7.5% against +9.3%, +8.2%, +5.5% for the general CPI. The 1989-1998 path uses it where it exists.
   • Verification: the general CPI for 1988-1994 matches the primary ESYE bulletins to the first decimal.
   • Fix: the PDF export derived the classic price from the unrounded price while the UI used the rounded one, drifting the index by up to 2 points. Both now share one function.
   • New contemporaneous source for 2018/2019: a May 2019 report on four Athens shops quoting both the old and the new price. 2019 moves from 2.25 to 2.30 EUR. The retrospective "about EUR 2 in 2019" claims disagree with the contemporaneous record, and the range is widened to contain both.
   • New 2022 source (shop-owner testimony, Keratsini) confirming the within-year path. 2022 moves from 3.00 to 2.90 EUR.
   • New 2026 source: the ANT1 nationwide survey (Aug 2026) as a soft anchor. 2026 stops being a pure projection and becomes documented: price 4.10 -> 4.20 EUR, index 225 -> 220 classic wraps.
   • CIRCULARITY FIX: the source "SKAI 2022" is renamed "Pricefox Jun 2022". The same figures were published on 15-16 June 2022 by SKAI, Novasports, thetoc, iefimerida and ERT - one survey, not five confirmations - and by the same firm as the December 2025 edition.
   • The Athens premium stops being constant. The 2025-2026 surveys place Athens at the median with Thessaloniki and Heraklion above it. The factor moves linearly from 1.08 (through 2022) to 1.00 (from 2025), which lifts 2023-2025 (e.g. 2025: 3.94 -> 4.01 EUR).
   • 2003-2011 are materially unchanged: the 2001 and 2011 anchors hold them in place.

   Figure	Before	Now
   2026 price (EUR)	4.1	4.2
   2026 index (classic gyros/month)	225	220

2. 2026.08-skai2026-08-30permalink

   New SKAI anchors, circular sources excluded

   • New source: SKAI national survey (15 Jun 2022) - average wrap price EUR 2.50 in 2021 and EUR 3.50 in mid-2022.
   • 2022 becomes a soft anchor: the price moves from EUR 2.96 to EUR 3.00 (catering CPI path plus blend, within a EUR 2.96-3.90 range).
   • New 2001 anchor at EUR 1.17 (399 GRD) from the dual-pricing campaign - the spot aired already in 2001.
   • Circular sources excluded: oneman.gr, financialreport.gr, vradini.gr, dnews.gr, indicator.gr and tilestwra.gr republish Gyronomics findings and no longer count as independent confirmation.
3. 2026.082026-08-29permalink

   newmoney.gr integration and 2026 revision

   • New source: newmoney.gr (11 Oct 2025) reporting a 3.20-4.80 EUR range and "around 2 EUR" for the early 2010s.
   • New 2011 anchor at 2.00 EUR and a 2025 validation point at 4.00 EUR.
   • The 2026 median price moves from 4.07 to 4.10 EUR and the index from 227 to 225 classic gyros.

   Figure	Before	Now
   2026 price (EUR)	4.07	4.1
   2026 index (classic gyros/month)	227	225

4. 2026.08-annualized2026-08-28permalink

   Payment-count normalisation: 12 / 13 / 14 salaries

   • Each year's wage is normalised to annual income / 12, so 1976 (12 payments) is comparable with 2026 (14 payments).
   • Wage sources were split into per-year records (EGSSE 1976-1985), so the 1976 link no longer resolves to 1985.

   Figure	Before	Now
   Wage basis	contractual monthly	annual income / 12

5. 2026.08-classic2026-08-27permalink

   Classic-equivalent rescaling

   • The index is now expressed in classic gyros (88 g meat baseline) rather than era gyros.
   • Older years drop, because the 1977 wrap was a much smaller product.

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