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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
Role of inflation in US elections gives government food for thought

The PM’s office must have been following nervously the results in the US presidential elections and the qualitative findings from the exit polls as the economy dominated the factors that determined the vote of the American electorate.
Affordability was central in the US election campaign as the cost of living has caused strain in the household budgets of large parts of the American public to varied degrees in different regions and ethnic groups.
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