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Drop in trade deficit accelerates to 14.3 pct in Dec on faster fall in imports
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s trade deficit declined at an accelerating pace of 14.3 percent in December from 1.8 percent in November, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data displayed on Friday. The double-digit decrease in December stems from a higher drop in imports (-7.9 percent) compared to that of exports
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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politicstax. North Rhine-Westphalia also supplied Greek authorities last year with just over 10,500 data sets
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Car sales rise by 3.7 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyThe number of road motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time increased for the third straight month in January, albeit at the slower pace of 3.7 percent in January from 7 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data displayed on Monday. Since September 2013, car
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Industrial production rises by 5.2 pct in Dec, its highest growth rate since 2007
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose for the second straight month at an accelerating pace of 5.2 percent in December from an upward revised 2 percent in November, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. The December headline figure is the highest since
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Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
Agora. According to data recently published by the federation of IKA employees, the average salary... took a major hit not only as a result of people dropping out the labour force en masse but also due
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Unemployment down slightly to 24.6 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomy. The seasonally unadjusted data, which strip out the smoothing effect of statistical variation
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Q4 GDP contracts 0.6 pct QoQ, recession of 0.7 pct in 2015
EconomyMacroeconomyestimates due on February 29, also incorporating the December data for balance of payments
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Apartment prices down by 5.4 pct in Q4 and 5.1 pct over whole of 2015
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek apartment prices decreased by 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015, at a slightly decelerating pace compared to the revised 5.8 percent drop in Q3, Bank of Greece (BoG) data displayed on Monday. The headline figure for Q4 represents the 27th straight negative reading since Q1 2009
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Greek private sector sees net job departures of 9,954 in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyThe hirings balance showed net departures of 9,954 in January, up from last year’s figure of 9,273, the Labour Ministry information system (Ergani) data showed on Monday. Ergani was launched in March 2013 and registers in real time the employment flow in the private sector of the Greek economy
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Drop in CPI accelerates to 0.7 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing a deceleration in the preceding three months, the fall in the Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) accelerated to 0.7 percent in January from 0.2 percent in December, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data that was published on Wednesday. After a short-lived rise of 0.4
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