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  1. A closer look at Greece's 2013 budget primary surplus of 603 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s 2013 budget execution showed a primary surplus of 603 million euros from a deficit of 3.46 billion the previous year, according to the final data released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The state budget deficit narrowed 65.3 percent to 5.44 billion from 15.69 billion in 2012. However

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  2. Off the isles of Greece
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    caused their boat to tip over. Greece's Merchant Marine Minister Miltos Varvitsiotis says he has data

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  3. Another dive for compensation in Q3 drags disposable income, consumption down
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek household disposable income fell by 2.6 billion euros or 8 percent year on year (yoy) in the third quarter of 2013 and reached 30.4 billion, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The latest data indicates a slightly decelerating decline compared to the second quarter drop

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  4. Greece sees Manufacturing PMI move into growth for first time since August 2009

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    data released on January 30: The former improved by 1.2 points to 92.6, while the latter fell by 1.2

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  5. Building activity up by 36.2 pct in Nov as rebound continues

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    2013 from 7.4 percent at the end of 2009, according to Bank of Greece latest official data

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  6. Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals

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    and permanent contracts. What official data tell us is that, even in high tourism periods, the labor

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  7. Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
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    Society

    users rose from in 2009 to 484 in 2012 (figure 1) and preliminary data for 2013 suggest

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  8. Greek deposits fell by 1.4 pct in January amid outflows of 2.3 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of household disposable income, with latest official data showing an 8 percent (2.6 billion) drop

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  9. December fails to boost Greek retail sector: Sales fell by 6.7 pct
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    Economy

    Greece’s retail trade index fell by 6.7 percent in December in terms of turnover and was down by 6.1 percent as far as volume is concerned, according to data published by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT) on Friday. During the crisis household consumption in Greece has shrunk by 28 percent

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  10. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    is also greatly influenced by the fact that, according to data provided by Minte Ltd. (2013), packages

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