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Quarterly unemployment stable at 8.3 pct in Q4 as labour market continues to improve
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GDP grew by 0.8 pct QoQ in Q4, 2025 real growth at 2.1 pct
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Unemployment rate broadly stable at 7.7 pct in Jan
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PMI stable at 54.4 in Feb despite declining export orders and cost pressures
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Energy key factor in 3.7 pct YoY drop for producer prices in Jan
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Retail sales conclude 2025 with jump of 6.9 pct YoY in Dec
General government bottom line continues to improve with moderate decrease in arrears
The Greek general government (gg) cash deficit to August fell by 60.7 percent to 3.87 billion with the gg cash primary surplus rising by 12.7 percent to 1.78 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The released data incorporates SMP income of 1.5 billion recorded in the July budget execution. Furthermore, state arrears to the private sector retreated 2.0 percent month on month (mom) and 25.8 percent (2.29 billion) since the beginning of the year. Arrears came to 6.57 billion at the end of August.
The state budget is the key element in the reported gg evolution. There is an important difference compared to the released budget execution for the same period, which relates to a cash correction of 4.3 billion mainly stemming from settlement of arrear...
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