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Building activity rises 24.7 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomyfacilities, agricultural and industrial buildings. Broken down on a regional basis, a rise in building... falling at a sharper pace of 5.5 percent after edging down by 0.9 percent in 2015. Moreover... billion by April 2017 and pushing the balance down by 24.7 percent over this period. BoG recently said
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Newsletter 123 - 16/06/2017
showed that overdue obligations stood at 4.03 billion, down by 6.9 percent from last year’s figure.... Furthermore, interest payments edged down 0.7 percent to 3.08, exactly on target. Unemployment decreases...-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 23.3 percent in Q1 from 23.6 percent in the previous
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Greeks trust social media more than news media, Reuters study shows
Societyconsumers (down by -1 percent), and computers by 70 percent (down by -2 percent). Breaking down the surveys
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Five-month budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.84 bln, beats target by 790 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod, down by around one quarter from last year, while overshoot target by 791 million. Revenues... direct taxes edged down by 0.3 percent. In the 5-month period, gross revenues slightly rose by 0.5... surplus of 12 million in the 5-month period, sharply down from last year’s figure of 831 million
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Building activity falls by 0.9 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomycharacteristics of each building permit. Broken down on a regional basis, a rise in building permits was noted... successive year, with building permits falling at a sharper pace of 5.5 percent after edging down by 0.9... the beginning of 2011, having reached 15 billion by April 2017 and pushing the balance down by 24.7
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Building activity up by 45.7 pct in May, highest since Dec 2005
EconomyMacroeconomyto the individual characteristics of each building permit. Broken down on a regional basis, rises in building... edging down by 0.9 percent in 2015. Moreover, building surface and volume dropped at double-digit rates... the balance down by 24.7 percent over this period. BoG recently said that 42.2 percent of residential loans
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Athens readies labour legislation, but not to cross off prior actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be flouting the rules could be shut down for up to three days, according to reports. Firms that break... workers’ rights and crack down on employers who are not treating their employees’ properly... adopting legislation that clamps down on unruly employers or improves workers’ rights. It should
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Credit contraction continues in July with 1.2 pct decline
EconomyMacroeconomy, with the outstanding balance edging down to 13.08 billion. On the flipside, deductions in the household lending... in June pushing the balance down to 85.08 billion. Specifically, net deductions in the housing loan... years, with the loan balance down by more than a quarter on the back of continued deleveraging. Net
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CPI up by 0.9 pct in August, staying positive for eighth consecutive month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.9 percent in August, edging down from July’s figure..., respectively. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 0.6 percent in August, down... percent while a decline in air tickets led transport prices to go down by 0.8 percent. A fall
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Credit contraction eases to 0.9 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomyproprietors posted net deductions of 28.2 million, with the outstanding balance edging down to 12.95 billion... easing to 150 million in August from 164 million in July and pushing the balance down to 84.70 billion... contraction in the Greek market for the last six years, with the loan balance down by more than
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