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Budget primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Apr, above target by 2.13 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the same month last year which showed a deficit of 79 million euros. The budget balance in the first... euros seen in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance beat...) came to 4.20 billion compared to 2.44 billion a year ago, beating the monthly target by 18 million
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General govt primary cash surplus at 1.68 bln in April, arrears rise by 164 mln
EconomyMacroeconomymonths of the year, down by 742 million euros compared to the same period last year, according to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin. In the underlying subcategories, the biggest year-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in social security funds with an annual fall of 643 million euros
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Unemployment falls to 17.6 pct in April, dipping under 18 pct for first time since Jul 2011
EconomyMacroeconomyon Thursday. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 19.8 percent. April’s reading marks..., employment increased by 26,926 people compared to March. Year-on-year, the figure for those employed... percentage points (pps) year-on-year and came to 21.7 percent. This figure has been in decline since
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Mitsotakis promises 'new normality,' lines up tax cuts straight away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThessaloniki Expo would be redeveloped so it has a year-round urban as well as business use. Mitsotakis... begin from this year. The tax will be cut by an average of 22 percent. The reduction will be weighted... the one legislated earlier this year by SYRIZA, which averaged at 10 percent. It also means
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Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
EconomyProgrammebudget calculations on, while factoring in the tax cuts it has promised for this year and next... and that Greece keeps its commitment to produce a 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus this year and in 2020. The government has denied that there will be any fiscal gap in either year, but former Finance
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 381 mln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyto the same month last year when the figure stood at a deficit of 899 million euros, the current monthly... of the year recorded a deficit of 2.69 billion euros compared to a deficit of 2.44 billion million euros seen in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance
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Unemployment falls to 17.2 pct, stays below 18 pct for second month
EconomyMacroeconomyon Thursday. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 19.4 percent. May’s reading.... Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 81,995 or a rise of 2.1 percent. Total.... The unemployment rate among women fell by 2.9 percentage points (pps) year-on-year and came to 21.2
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Unemployment edges down again in June, falling to 17 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 19.2 percent. June’s reading is the third.... Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 80,061 or a rise of 2.1 percent. Total.... The unemployment rate among women fell by 3.2 percentage points (pps) year-on-year and came to 20.9 percent
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Unemployment edges down to 16.9 pct, below 17 pct for first time since 2011
EconomyMacroeconomyon Thursday. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 19.1 percent. July’s reading.... Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 59,599 or a rise of 1.5 percent. Total... fell by 3 percentage points (pps) year-on-year and came to 21 percent. This figure has been
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Unemployment edges down to 16.7 pct, lowest since April 2011
EconomyMacroeconomy. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 18.9 percent. August’s reading is the lowest since... people compared to July. Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 69,892 or a rise... points (pps) year-on-year and came to 20.7 percent. This figure has been in decline since the high
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