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Economic sentiment edges up to to 90.3 in April, consumer confidence falls for fourth month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) rose for the second straight month in April, albeit by just 0.2 points to 90.3, according to European Commission (EC) data published on Thursday. The March headline figure is the second successive and the third overall reading since July 2015 that is above 90-point
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EU progress on Turkish visas gives Athens hope of low refugee arrivals
PoliticsForeign Policythe Turkish shores. According to UNHCR data, as of April 27 just 3,209 migrants had arrived during
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PMI edges up to 49.7 in Apr, highest reading in last three months but concerns remain
EconomyMacroeconomylengthened in April also reflecting the road blockages. Overall, Markit noted that the April survey data
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Corporate lending rates fell in March, time deposit rate slightly down to a new low of 0.88 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek households’ new time deposit rate eased for the third straight month, albeit modestly, by 3 basis points (bps) to 0.88 percent in March, Bank of Greece (BoG) data displayed on Wednesday. The headline figure indicates a new low for time deposit rates since 2002. Since the imposition of capital
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Outline of fiscal mechanism for automatic cuts emerges after Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammefor the mechanism will be the confirmation of the fiscal data for the previous year that is published by the Greek
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Decline in CPI slows slightly to 1.3 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyΤhe Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped at the slightly slower rate of 1.3 percent in April from a 1.5 percent decline in March, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data published on Tuesday. The April headline figure is the second highest negative reading over the past seven
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Industrial production falls at faster pace of 4 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) dropped at a faster pace of 4 percent in March from a revised 2.5 percent drop in February, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. The March headline figure is the highest negative reading since June 2015. All four sub-indices
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Net job hirings in private sector reach record high of 90,631 in April
EconomyMacroeconomydata first became available. The breakdown showed gross hirings of 215,176 in April, which
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesto data from the Bank of Greece in December 2015. A report in April by the World Travel and Tourism
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Unemployment rate slips to 24.2 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomy2012. The seasonally unadjusted data, which strip out the smoothing effect of statistical variation
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