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Retail sales barely move in Oct, collapse in volumes accelerates
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed on Friday. The corresponding volume index recorded a drop of 6.3 percent. Sales volumes have... percent, non-food was down by 1.3 percent and food sales were up by 6.2 percent. Retail sales were led by a 8.4 percent YoY rise in food and beverages, while supermarket sales were up by 5.9 percent
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
drop in objective property prices, according to estimates. Yet, for a number of deprived areas... up to 25,000 euros, at 32 percent for the next 17,000 euros and at 42 percent for any income above... of their annual income. The self-employed are taxed at a rate of 26 percent for annual income up to 50,000
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
request to scrap the pension cuts lined up for 2019. The Greek government stated its case directly... a rent subsidy scheme for up to 300,000 families, the reduction of the ENFIA property tax by up to 30... elections. Focussing on the period up to the end of 2022, allows Tsipras to set out a broad array
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
are dedicated for treating coronavirus patients. Of these, 259 were taken up, leaving just 38 pct... the restrictions in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to help retail stores and the food service..., including myself, was that if we opened up in June, due to high temperatures the following months until
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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
would be taken at the roadblocks set up across the country, but their immediate reactions suggest... to last year, while there has already been a very modest drop of 0.4 pct in electricity costs. Food... households have seen solid annual growth rates. Fruit and vegetables are up by 14.2 and 14.4 pct
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Agorafree 30-day access to MacroPolis to all readers. Just sign up here. No financial details are required... up in court. However, we are still some way from the government having to repay to taxpayers the 2.5... included the cumulative price push up is 9 ½ percentage points. The lag in adjustment of prices
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
stood at 23.8 billion, making up almost 94 percent of household withdrawals. In contrast, at 1.4... recorded a sharp drop in excess of 50 percent amid a lack of cash and concerns about forthcoming... more MPs. Only a split within SYRIZA would free up such a large block of votes, as the party
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
territory since March 2013. Increased VAT rates eased the drop in August. Unemployment edges up Greece’s... that would arise under the adverse scenario could be covered by official financial aid of up to 25..., to 19.7 billion at the end of June 2014. The sharp drop of bank share prices in the last weeks of 2014
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
and a drop in exports by 3.8 percent. For the 4-month period, the trade deficit was up by 1.4 percent.... The consumer prices index (CPI) continued to drop, albeit at a slower rate of 0.9 percent in May. Greece has.... In the first four months of the year, industrial production edged up marginally by 0.2 percent. The turnover
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
certainly do without a flare-up in its relations with Stournaras at the moment. Reports on Friday suggested... burden is lower, equal or up to 10 euros higher than that in 2015. However, almost 57 percent... than 80 percent are due to pay a tax of less than 500 euros which, added up, corresponds to one-third
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