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Seasonal factors take unemployment rate to 8.6 pct in Q2 - lowest since 2008
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ELSTAT resumes monthly unemployment updates after review, rate at 8 pct in July
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PMI improves significantly in Aug, despite exports orders falling for four straight months
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Energy drives 0.5 pct YoY fall in July producer prices as other components rise
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Retail sales resume growth of 3 pct YoY in June, volumes record more modest rise
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Despite small drop in July, deposits stay above 200 bln mark
Finance Ministry scrambles to correct property tax after error-strewn debut
After months of discussions and planning, the launch of the unified real estate property tax (ENFIA) earlier this month foundered on a number of problems, which caused the government embarrassment and left the Finance Ministry with plenty of revision work to do.
This tax is due to replace the emergency levy on homes introduced in autumn 2011, which was paid via electricity bills. The government lobbied the troika persistently to get the unpopular emergency tax incorporated into a general property levy because i...
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