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Newsletter 257 -07/07/2020
growth is seen as dropping by 3.8 percent this year and by 1.8 percent next year. The rate... and 0.4 pps next year. Under the double hit scenario, the unemployment rate is seen as rising by 2.3 pps... employed but inactive under coronavirus pandemic Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came
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PMI edges up to 49.4 points in August, employment rises
EconomyMacroeconomyin business confidence to a six-month high, Markit noted. At the same time, the rate of contraction... charges were dropped in an effort to boost sales, while the rate of decline was noted as being slight overall. The rate of input price inflation picked up to a seven-month high. Input buying fell again
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PMI rises to 50 points in September, signalling stabilisation
EconomyMacroeconomythe month. Although new sales continued to decrease in September, the rate of contraction softened to only... continued to weigh on client demand, while new export orders declined at a softer rate. Employment... further. The rate of job creation was the fastest since February, though remained marginal overall
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
a higher rate at 62 percent. The lowest rate was found in the Netherlands at 11 percent. In Greece.... Although new sales continued to decrease in September, the rate of contraction softened to only... continued to weigh on client demand, while new export orders declined at a softer rate. Employment
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
to 1.54 billion euros compared to 563 million in January. The VAT collectability rate came to 83.1... collectability rate was 69.2 percent in February, with 313 million euros paid out of 452 million euros due. For the ENFIA tax, February’s collectability rate was 74 percent with 308 million euros paid out
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PMI rises to 54.4 points in April, highest since February 2020
EconomyMacroeconomy, the rate of decline was the slowest since September. Firms increased their workforce numbers at a solid rate in April, Markit said. It also noted that while the backlogs of work fell further, the rate of decline was the slowest for over a year as incoming work increased. The improvement
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politics. Kikilias cited official figures showing that the shots are currently being delivered at a rate... eligible for vaccination the longest, the rate barely surpasses 70 pct for one dose, while in the over-80s the rate is 67 pct, compared rates approaching 100 pct in comparable European countries. On Monday
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
AgoraCovid-19, and the unemployment rate has been kept artificially down by various support schemes. These are unviable in the long run because of the costs involved. If we compute the unemployment rate at a maintained higher participation rate as in the past, then the data suggest to us that the underlying
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Unemployment falls below 14 pct for first time since Oct 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate dropped to 13.9 percent in August, from.... This is the first time the unemployment rate in Greece has fallen below 14 percent since October 2010 and the lowest figure since. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 16.9 percent
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Minister stresses limits on hospital resources as Covid rates continue to rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsruled out, attention is focussing on boosting the lagging vaccination rate and the possible reintroduction of mask mandates. On Thursday, there were 3,407 cases reported with a positivity rate... increasing at a rate of 4 pct while total hospital admissions rose by 30 pct over the past two weeks
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