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Economic sentiment approaches pre-Ukraine war high, consumer confidence highest since 2021
EconomyMacroeconomypoints drop in May. Since July last year, industry confidence is up by almost 6 points... 0.6-point drop in May, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Sentiment has... dropping by 3 points in May. The EEI is up by over 13 points in the rolling 12-month period. Industry
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Retail sales make marginal YoY gains in Nov, volumes continue to fall sharply
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, after a 1.4 percent drop in the previous month. The volume’s monthly movement was up by 1.6 percent. Compared to November 2022, automotive fuel was down by 13.2 percent, non-food was up by 2.... The corresponding volume index recorded a drop of 5.2 percent. Sales volumes have contracted for eight
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Newsletter 418 - 29/03/2024
attention in order for the GGBs to move up the rating scale. Questioning the government's narrative... costs across the EU, with the Greek figure rising by 1 euro to 15.7 euros/hour, also up by around 2... expansion picked up pace slightly in February, rising by 3.8 pct year-on-year (YoY), up from 3
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Sharp increase in May arrivals, particularly from Germany, delivers travel balance boost
EconomyMacroeconomymillion. The non-euro area EU28 spending came to 347 million, up by over 32 percent. Germany had... million euros. Receipts from the UK followed with 205 million, up by more than 8 percent. Receipts from... percent, while those outside of the EU dropped by 2.4 percent. Visitors from the euro area were up
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
for the US to set up military bases. The first suggestion runs counter to Prime Minister Alexis... by 1.8 percent, up from the April forecast of 1.7 percent. The current account deficit estimate... WEO. After the release of the WEO, the IMF followed up its latest Fiscal Monitor (FM) containing
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
of the reshuffle were to fill a position that had been vacated recently and to gear the government up... Brussels in the months to come. However, commentators have picked up on the issue of the EU cash... package. Athens has access to up to 38 billion euros from the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF
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Newsletter 378 - 28/04/2023
law enforcement and civil defence, including plans to shake up the police and fire service... on the momentum that appears to be gathering in the run-up to May 21. A series of opinion polls published... of half a point, to 9 pct. There was also a 0.5 percentage point drop in the undecided vote, to 11 pct
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Newsletter 419 - 05/04/2024
could not have come soon enough for Mitsotakis. The gross minimum wage is now 830 euros, up from 780... issues will be as long as doubts remain about whether the Mitsotakis government has covered up the causes... inflation in the euro area was up by 3.1 pct, while services prices increased by 4 pct YoY. Greece
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
up for this weekend’s vote on the 2025 budget, thereby essentially bringing an end... that one such measure will be to increase the ENFIA property tax on properties which have ended up... on the matter. It is likely that this front-foot approach on banks will be followed up by a similar approach
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
government of concealing the dangerous state of the railways in the run-up to the deadliest accident on the Greek network and subsequently making a concerted effort to cover up the causes of the crash... of the accident to be cleaned up before a proper forensic investigation could take place, interfering
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