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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
of GDP by 2018. These reportedly include taxes on OPAP gambling products, an increase in excise tax on petrol, natural gas and tobacco products, higher taxes on car registrations and mobile phones
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Net private sector hirings of 29,351 in March, highest in last 15 years
EconomyMacroeconomyand entertainment (-408), manufacturing of rubber and plastic products (-180) and manufacturing of computers, electronic and optical products (-164). The aggregate figures for the first quarter
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Trade deficit shrinks by sizable 23.7 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomy, while those to EU countries fell by a modest 1.8 percent. Stripping out the impact of oil products... that excluding the impact of oil products trade deficit increased by 7.6 percent primarily due to a 3.3 percent
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Trade deficit soars 21 pct in April for highest rise since Dec 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyrespectively. It is worth pointing out that excluding the impact of oil products, the trade deficit.... Stripping out the impact of oil products, the trade deficit rose by 20.8 percent mainly due
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Industrial production rebounds 2.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomy-digit growth was also posted by computers, electronic and optical products (+55.5 percent) and tobacco products (+32.3 percent). The biggest drops were recorded in motor vehicles and trailers (-49.1
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Retail sales down 3.9 pct in April for eleventh successive month
EconomyMacroeconomy) and pharmaceutical products and cosmetics (-3.2 percent). On the flipside, clothing and footwear sales climbed... in furniture, electrical and household equipment (-50.7 percent), pharmaceutical products and cosmetics
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Marinopoulos travails point to wider difficulties for supermarket sector
EconomyFeaturessuppliers have meant that the supermarket’s shelves were often eerily empty. Products were pushed... and the fact that Greeks paying some of the highest prices in Europe for their supermarket products. Data
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Trade deficit climbs for second straight month in May, rising by 12.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, while those from EU countries eased 1 percent. Stripping out the impact of oil products... countries posted a decline of 19 percent. It is worth noting that excluding the impact of oil products
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Industrial production up again in May with 2.9 pct increase
EconomyMacroeconomyof 124 percent, as well as manufacturing of tobacco products and non-metallic mineral products
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Industrial turnover plunges 13.4 pct in May for fifth successive double-digit drop
EconomyMacroeconomyand optical products (-31.8 percent) and basic metals (-26.8 percent). On the other side of the spectrum, double-digit growth rates were recorded in tobacco products (+19.4 percent), mining of metal
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