But the history of regulation shows that the private sector pushes back and waters it down.
As low-income countries catch up with richer ones, faster productivity growth in the tradable-goods sector pushes up wages.
Talk of more fundraisings in the sector pushed British Land down 23p to 490p and Hammerson 15.5p lower to 417.5p.
Deficits are now considered growth-sapping, draining capital from the private sector, pushing up interest rates and creating uncertainty on Wall Street.
Easy lending and over-confident investors resulted in too much money pouring into the sector, pushing up prices and driving down yields.
But a more detailed look presents a different picture: a two-speed economy, with the services sector pushing ahead while manufacturing industry continues its long, slow slide.
Economists also pointed out that price increases were especially strong in the service sector, pushing up the cost of items like insurance, which are not directly related to currency exchange rates.
It said tax and welfare changes, including tax credit cuts, and the VAT rise to 20% would be compounded by wage freezes in the public sector, pushing 500,000 more children into poverty.
With the volatile political climate, Mr. Samaras will have a tough time enforcing the new reforms, particularly layoffs of civil servants, who have remained relatively unscathed during four years of austerity that have crippled the Greek private sector, pushing unemployment above 27 percent.
A pullback in the financial sector pushed the Dow into the red at Friday's close.
