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August CPI moderates sligthly to 2.9 pct YoY, rents climb by 10.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyat 2.6 percent. Month-on-month (MoM), the CPI increased by 0.1 percent, from a drop of 0.4 percent in the previous month. In August 2024, the CPI was up by 3 percent YoY. The highest annual increase... by 0.6 percent. Education was up by 2.6 percent. Housing costs also increased by 3.7 percent mainly
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Industrial turnover drops by 1.8 pct YoY in July, driven by markets abroad
EconomyMacroeconomya 0.8 percent drop in the previous period. Manufacturing revenue dropped by 1.7 percent YoY... percent, led by rises of 10 percent in manufacturing and mining up by 2.8 percent. Monthly, the domestic market was up by 12.1 percent while the foreign markets increased by 5.5 percent. In respect
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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
ranks at the bottom of the table with a 5% drop in household real income, followed by Italy with a 4... is not abstract. It is reflected in Greeks’ ability to keep up with housing-related payments: more than four... an increase of 6.6 pct. Thessaloniki property prices had a stronger rise than the capital, going up by 9.6
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Newsletter 489 - 19/12/2025
the country is heading, or probably heading, in the wrong direction, up 10.2 points on a year earlier... in 2026. Headline interventions include a universal two‑point drop in income tax, excluding the 9... are also targeted: under‑25s earning up to €20,000 will pay no income tax, while those aged 25–30
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Disposable income edges up by 0.2 pct YoY in Q4, final consumption up by 2.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek household disposable income grew by 0.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, decreasing from the rise of 3.5 percent noted in the previous quarter, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Fri...
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek authorities are said to have set a milestone this Friday to decide whether additional measures will be required to halt a surge in Covid-19 cases related to travel during the peak of the holiday season. The country reported 150 new cases on Monday...
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Credit growth in September up by 2.4 pct as business lending picks up
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit movement in the Greek private sector rose by 2.4 percent in September after an increase of 1.9 percent in August, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Tuesday. The increase in credit growth is the highest since June 2010, when the increase came...
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Industry turnover and new orders’ indices rebounded in July
Economy. It is noteworthy that the only industrial sector with a positive growth rate was energy (up 13.5 percent), while capital goods and consumer durables turnover recorded a double-digit drop (down 12.1 percent... Orders’ data for the energy sector, while intermediate goods and capital goods (up 2.2 percent
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Golden Dawn support down to 2012 levels but with potential to rise again, poll shows
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party’s backing reached 10.8 percent. Despite the drop in support, the poll published in Proto... to the government in particular, the fact that up to a quarter of voters still display some sympathy...) was up slightly to 3.9 percent.
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Primary surplus at 2.1 bln in Feb, ahead of budget execution target
EconomyMacroeconomythe 2-month figure to 8.37 billion, up 7.6 percent. Despite the recorded rebound, revenues fell short of Jan... in the February budget execution but will be incorporated in the 2013 fiscal outcome. The drop... million, up 63 percent from last year’s figure of 605 million. Furthermore, the 2-month PIB surplus beat
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