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Hiring balance turns positive in Feb, driven by seasonal jobs in tourism
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was positive by 23,945 more hires than departures in February, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in February last... for men and women was also 61-39 in favour of men. Women had a positive balance of 11,826 jobs
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Hirings outpace job departures by 76,591 in May for fourth positive monthly balance in a row
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance displayed net hirings of 76,591 in May 2016, down by 9,555 compared... on Wednesday. In addition, this year’s figure means that there has been a positive balance for the fourth... from accommodation (+36,303), food services (+20,411) and retail trade (+6,064). In terms
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Budget primary balance at 498 mln in Jan as net revenues fall short of target
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance came to a primary surplus of 498 million euros in the first month... the target. As a result, the PIB balance recorded a deficit of 191 million in January.... of goods and services were above target by 22 million euros and came to 62 million euros. Tax refunds
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
AgoraThis blog is about the Greek general government overall budget balance since 2013 (after the most.... These monthly data on revenue and expenditure components, and the overall balance and its financing, allow us to calculate the 12-month moving average general government balance. In December
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Slow pace of civil service evaluation, Hellenikon deal add to review agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral areas of potential tension between the government and Greece’s lenders have emerged ahead of the third review. Athens is still struggling to find a way to conduct a performance evaluation in the public sector after civil servants’ unions instruc...
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has its hands full at the moment with the effort to complete as many prior actions as possible from the fourth review so there can be a staff-level agreement by the May 24 Eurogroup. Apart from the fact that many of the 88 key deliv...
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to admit defeat in its strategy for containing Covid-19 as health data continues to cause concern and new measures are set to be announced to rein in the virus. Although the coronavirus numbers have been worrying for several days, ...
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
primary balance was confirmed at a surplus of 1.53 billion euros in the first five months of 2018..., the PIB balance posted a surplus of 328 million, 518 million better than the target. Exports... underlying indicators. In industry confidence dipped by 0.1 points, service confidence by 4.1 points
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Hirings balance negative by 22,333 in January
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned negative in January with 22,333 more departures than hirings for the month after December’s positive balance of 5,970, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information... noted that the month of January has always displayed a negative balance since the series began in 2001
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Employment balance negative by 25,804 in Jan as pandemic support is wound down
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance stayed negative in January as departures outpaced hires by 25,804, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. This followed a negative balance of 2,598 more departures than hires in December. The balance in January 2021 was positive by 2,338
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