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Newsletter 290 - 26/03/2021
admissions and the positive rate remains high. The continuing spread of the virus and the increasing... rate stood at 16.2 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of the year, unchanged from Q3. The jobless rate... year. The number of persons employed amounted to 3.88 million. The employment rate decreased by 1.2
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agorameasures of Greek external price competitiveness, called the “real effective exchange rate... an “exchange rate” because other countries may use a different currency than Greece... is called the real effective exchange rate (REER). When the REER goes up, it means that domestic
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Unemployment at 16 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 16 percent in January from.... For the same month of 2020, the unemployment rate came to 16.4 percent. In the month of January... stands at 3.4 million. The unemployment rate among women rose by 0.1 percentage points (pps) year
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Unemployment at 15.9 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate dropped to 15.9 percent in February from.... For the same month of 2020, the unemployment rate was 15.7 percent. In the month of February, the number... population now stands at 3.47 million. The unemployment rate among women fell by 0.3 percentage points (pps
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
Agoratends to be fairly stable. The growth rate in GVA and GDP are virtually identical over longer time... in this variable (productivity improves at a healthy rate, on average, due to good education, technological... suffered declining productivity performance from 2015 onward. The trend growth rate turned negative
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Unemployment edges down to 16.3 pct in March as inactives approach 3.5 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate dropped to 16.3 percent in March from a revised... on Friday. The unemployment rate in March last year stood at 16.1 percent. This March, employment fell.... The unemployment rate among women rose by 1 percentage point (pps) year-on-year and came to 21.2 pct
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Unemployment drops to 15.9 pct in May, inactive figure also eases to 3.23 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate dropped to 15.9 percent in May, from a revised... on Tuesday. The unemployment rate in May last year was 16.8 percent. This May, employment increased... 3.45 million. The unemployment rate among women dropped roughly 1 percentage point (pps) year
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Unemployment at 15 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate dropped to 15 percent in June from a revised... month of 2020, the unemployment rate was 17.8 percent. Year-on-year, the figure for those employed... by 89,872 people year-on-year (-2.7 percent) and now stands at 3.18 million. The unemployment rate among
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politicsof activities have failed to boost the rate of new vaccinations, intensifying concern about a potential new... by the end of summer. Wednesday saw 2,919 new cases, with a positivity rate of 1.32 pct. Although the positivity rate remains low on a national level, four more regions in northern Greece had local
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Manufacturing growing at steady pace despite supply chain, inflation issues
EconomyMacroeconomy. The rate of output growth in September was the second highest since April 2019, despite easing due... in new orders, with the rate of increase in new sales being the fastest in the 22 years that Markit... to soar at an unprecedented rate. Additional pressure on capacity also stemmed from unstable supply
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