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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
Hirings balance negative by 22,333 in January
The employment balance turned negative in January with 22,333 more departures than hirings for the month after December’s positive balance of 5,970, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system showed.
Compared to January 2018, there were 5,791 more departures than hirings. Ergani noted that the month of January has always displayed a negative balance since the series began in 2001, with the exception of 2014 when a positive balance was noted.
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