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Greek stocks rebound 1.9 pct during week
Economyweek. Corporate news OPAP posted first quarter (Q1) net profit of 43 million, down 26 percent.... Terna Energy net profit decreased by 42.6 percent to 7 million in Q1, while sales rose by 9.6 percent to 50.4 million and EBITDA by 4.1 percent to 30.5 million. GEK Terna Q1 net profit came in at 24
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Hirings outpace job departures by 76,591 in May for fourth positive monthly balance in a row
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance displayed net hirings of 76,591 in May 2016, down by 9,555 compared... by the 45-64 years old group at 22-24 percent. The biggest positive contributors to May net hirings stem... of professions, the highest net hirings involve waiters and barmen (+17,041), cooks of hotels and restaurants
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Current account surplus almost doubles to 1 bln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyprices rose by 4.3 percent. The deterioration in the services balance mostly stems from lower net... improved over the 6-month period mainly due to lower oil prices. Moreover, net payments for purchases... reflects lower net transport receipt mostly attributed to capital controls. In addition, travel
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Arrears clearance meets September target, unlocks latest tranche
EconomyProgrammethe monitoring of net arrears clearance in the July-September period. Its positive assessment paved... in clearing both gross and net arrears and thus met the target set by the May 25 Eurogroup. In specific, EC... in September. For the three-month period to September, net arrears clearance stood at 1.51 billion euros
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Current account balance turns to deficit of 198 mln in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomythat the improvement in the balance of goods excluding oil was counterbalanced by higher net oil imports... income balance mainly stems from lower net receipts, including taxes and subsidies on products and production. Moreover, the worsening secondary income balance reflects higher general government net
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Job hirings at record high of 24,938 in Feb, negative employment balance for year-to-date
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance remained positive in February 2017 with net hirings soaring to 24,938 from...). The biggest contributors to February net hirings were food services (+6,039), accommodation (+2,742) and healthcare activities (+2,293). The aggregate figures for the 2-month period showed net departures
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
reading for May since 2001 The employment balance remained positive in May, with net hirings rising... contributors to net hirings were accommodation (+42,871), food services (+19.952) and retail trade (+7,833). In contrast, the highest net departures of 8,238 were recorded in education. The aggregate
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Current account surplus at 842.3 million in June, assisted by services balance
EconomyMacroeconomyby 114.3 million euros is attributable mainly to lower net receipts. The worsening of the secondary.... The portfolio investment reflected a net increase in residents’ external assets, attributable largely to a rise of 1.6 billion in the holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills. At the same time, a small net
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Strong travel balance brings current account surplus to 1.83 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomythe travel surplus up 11.1 percent to 9.24 billion. Financial account Residents’ net external... investment showed a net decrease in residents’ external assets, attributable for the most part to a fall of 4.6 billion euros in the holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills. At the same time, a net decrease
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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
expenditure came to 33.26 billion euros, 1.87 billion euros below the target. Net revenues came... of the country. 2 Net hirings balance negative by 98,420 in Oct Headline figure slips into negative...-month period point to net hirings of 167,451, up by 5,256 from last year’s figure of 162,195
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