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Trade deficit jumps to 3.5 bln in Dec, full year down by 5.9 pct at 33.52 bln
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Business landscape dominated by SMEs, six in 10 workers earn below 1,200 euros
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Labour market ends 2025 with a positive hiring balance of 77,074 jobs
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PMI starts 2026 strongly, despite cost and supply chain pressures
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Credit to corporations drives loans growth for 7.9 pct YoY in Dec
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Private sector deposits end 2025 at highest level since summer 2010
Subdued start for building activity as permits record back-to-back drop in May
The decline in building permits slowed in May, falling by just 0.4 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 10 percent decline in April, according to the latest data released by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSAT) on Tuesday.
This is the second contraction since February 2021, when it had dropped by 3.2 percent and a previous low of 22.4 percent in April 2020 when Greece was in its first and strictest lockdown.
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