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  1. Office prices ease 0.2 pct in 2015, retail prices drop by 3.5 pct

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    percent, which is the slowest drop rate over the past five years. The biggest decreases had been... drop rate. The Athens index had peaked to 124.5 in H1 2009. It has slumped by 49.4 percent since then.

    5%
  2. OECD sees economy picking up from second half of 2016, underlines need for reforms

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    by 5.7 and 3.5 percent respectively in 2017. The OECD also lowered its unemployment rate forecast...) in 2017 noting that the still very high jobless rate is causing serious social problems. Debt to GDP

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  3. Trade deficit soars 21 pct in April for highest rise since Dec 2014
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    exports fell 3.8 percent. The rate of increase in imports is the highest over the last 12 months..., albeit at a significantly slower rate compared to the 11.4 percent decline posted in March. The absolute

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  4. ECB reinstates waiver in first step towards improving liquidity conditions for Greek banks
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    a maturity of four years at an interest rate equal to the ECB’s deposit facility of -0.4 percent... and ESM bonds as collateral at a negative rate. In case banks participate at their full capacity

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  5. PMI improves by 2 pts in June to rise above 50-pt mark on higher production, employment

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    . This consequently led to increased labour forces with employment growth, albeit modest, recording its highest rate... reduction of backlogs but the rate of drop was the slowest so far this year. However, total new orders

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  6. New tax arrears climb by 1.25 bln in May, total stock rises to 89 bln
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    the full year target stands at 23 percent. The revenue collection rate from tax audits on large corporates.... This is way below the annual target of 45 percent. In contrast, the respective rate of collected revenues

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  7. Disposable income drops 1.8 pct in Q1 on rise in taxes and social contributions
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    . As previously noted, taxes on income and wealth increased at a rate of 15.2 percent in Q1, after... at -2.49 billion in Q1. It is worth noting that the saving rate of households (defined as gross savings

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  8. Greece's public healthcare in a muddled and troubled state
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    have the highest caesarean rate in the world at 70 percent (caesareans being peddled as safer, more... the health benefits it entails, and a tobacco use rate which is one of the highest in Europe.

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  9. CPI tumbles by 1 pct in July
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    at a similar rate to the June evolution. The headline figure for July HICP indicates the third positive... by 0.9 percent, while the rate of drop accelerated to 1.3 percent in 2014 and further to 1.7

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  10. Property tax notices for 2016 to be issued, collection target remains same

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    in the local media, the collectability rate of ENFIA stood at relatively high levels above 80 percent... in 2015 compared to a total tax due of 3.25 billion. This means the collectability rate was 81.6 percent

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