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Economic sentiment rises in Dec despite sharp drop in retail trade
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in December, with the index at 107.4 points, from 105.9... the rolling 12-month period, December’s ESI was lower by 1 point from January 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.8 points in December, from 96.9 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was at 96.7
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Economic sentiment improves markedly in Feb to 107.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in February, with the index at 107.7 points, from 105.4... the rolling 12-month period, February’s ESI was higher by just half a point from March 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 98.3 points in February, from 99.3 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI
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Economic sentiment declines in March, consumer confidence at lowest since 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) deteriorated in March, with the index at 106.8 points, from 107.6... the rolling 12-month period, March’s ESI was essentially identical to April 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.7 points in March, from 98.2 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also down
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Economic sentiment slides further in April, consumer confidence lowest in four years
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) deteriorated further in April, with the index at 105.7 points... the rolling 12-month period, April’s ESI was one point below May 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 93.5 points in April, from 96.4 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also down
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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence recover some ground in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in May, with the index at 107.5 points, from 105.8... 12-month period, May’s ESI was roughly two points above June 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 93.7 points in May, from 93.4 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also slightly up
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Services elevate economic sentiment in June as all other components fall
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued improving in June, with the index at 108.3 points, from... the rolling 12-month period, June’s ESI is virtually unchanged from July 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 95.1 points in June, from 93.8 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicschances of gaining the votes of at least 200 MPs so that new system can apply immediately. Interior... the 3 percent threshold remaining in place. If the coalition can get more than 200 votes..., the government would be very close to the 200 votes it needs. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks will supply 153
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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