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Unemployment rate at 20.9 pct in November, slight upward revision for October
EconomyMacroeconomyto 25.8 percent in November. The unemployment rate for men was 17.1 percent, down also by 2.6 pp year-on-year. Broken down by age group, the largest year-on-year drop (-3.3 pp) in unemployment came... to 11.6 percent. Broken down on a regional basis, Epirus and West Macedonia still show the highest
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Athens takes cautious approach to Turkish words and actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsevening. The purpose of the phone call was to dial down the rhetoric and prevent the situation... in this stance by the fact that the opposition parties have, for the time being, also toned down..., though, are certain to proceed once things die down as they see such an investigation as a way
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Three in 10 workers in part-time jobs, earning less than 400 euros
Societywage went down by 2.4 percent. From around 2.1 million workers whose data was used, 636,424 or 30.9... insured workers broken down between 2,032,829 in enterprises and 22,627 in construction. Broken down
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Progress on new property values but concerns about energy privatisation
EconomyProgrammeto Papanatsiou, objective values will go up in 6,070 areas, or around 60 percent, and come down in 2,300 areas..., as the overhaul of objective values was meant to be part of the third review but was kicked further down... making them unattractive to investors who will fear the possibility of authorities shutting them down
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NBG reports net loss of 163 mln in 2017, bad loans continue to fall
EconomyBankingpercent to 848 million. Asset quality Domestic non-performing exposure (NPE) stock went down.... The group NPE ratio edged down to 44 percent from 45.2 percent in Q3, while the NPE coverage ratio... the total book is priced at 86 bps, down by four basis points compared to the previous quarter. The total
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Retail sales rise by 0.7 pct in Jan, volume up by 1.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomywas revised down to 2 percent, according to data published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT... in retail trade was down to rises in several subcategories. Specifically, in the Main Store category, a rise... percent). Broken down by volume, a rise of 5.1 percent was noted in the non-food sector except
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Unemployment rate at 20.6 pct in Jan, inactive population rises
EconomyMacroeconomyslightly down from December’s figure of 20.8 percent, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed.... The unemployment rate for men was 16.7 percent, declining by 2.9 pp year-on-year. Broken down by age... 35-44 (-1.1 pp). Broken down on a regional basis, Epirus and West Macedonia continue to have
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Central Athens shop closures at six-year low, mixed picture in other commercial centres
EconomyFeaturesthe March 2017 survey’s total of 26.3 percent. For Piraeus, the closure rate was 34 percent, down... percent to 22.8 percent within a year. Broken down by area of activity, a decline of 0.78 pp was noted... while shops had not been closing down, new businesses were slow to open in Greece’s main commercial
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 65.2 mln in Q1, NPEs fall for fifth quarter
EconomyBankingin the last quarter, the target of NPE reduction for Q1 had been achieved. Broken down by sector, NPE...) came to 16.1 billion euros in Q1, down by around 200 million QoQ compared to 16.6 billion euros... the adverse scenario, its 2020 CET1 ratio reached 9.7 percent, down by 856 bps. This was largely
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Newsletter 164 -08/06/2018
Ministry attempted to play down the Reuters report by claiming that no firm decision had been taken... of 2018, down by 227 million euros compared to the same time last year. The breakdown of the figures... of increases. Broken down by component, imports of goods fell by 4.6 percent QoQ and by 6.1 percent
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