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  1. Building permits increase by 13.3 pct in August
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    year, the absolute number of permits came to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. However, signs

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  2. Hirings balance negative by 120,087 in October on seasonal movements
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The employment balance turned sharply negative in October with 120,087 more departures than hirings... departures than hirings. The smallest negative balance was observed for those aged 64 and over at 1,359.... In the aggregate period, the employment balance showed 168,282 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted

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  3. Greek tax rate hikes among highest in OECD countries, tax report shows
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    EconomyFeatures

    are all higher in Greece than the OECD average. Greek taxes are lower than the OECD average... at the same time that the country’s GDP fell by more than a quarter. The revenue breakdown shows

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  4. Building permits rise by 6.6 pct in September, up by 9 pct in 9M
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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  5. Car sales rise by 12.3 pct in November and 23.7 percent in 11-month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rise in car sales in 2017 was higher than that for 2016 (+11 percent), and higher than 2015 (+13.5 percent), it remained less than half of the record high of 372,892 vehicle registrations in 2007

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  6. Chasing investment, the Greek dream
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    Agora

    formation represented more than quarter of Greek GDP, at 27.4 percent. By the second quarter of 2015... were worth 23 billion euros. By 2010, this had reached more than 81 billion euros. Then, as Greece..., the index for other construction is in recovery since 2016 and higher than the 2010 levels. Spending

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  7. Budget primary surplus at 7.61 bln in November as expenditure curtailed
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in October. Overall in the year to date, expenditure fell by 1 percent to 42.41 billion, lower than the target by 1.26 billion. PIB PIB revenues came to 169 million in November, higher than the previous month... million in the first eleven months of the year, 1.66 billion better than the target.

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  8. Car sales rise by 4.1 pct in Dec, taking annual increase for 2018 to 22.6 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to the lowest point, car sales in 2018 more than doubled. As mentioned, car sales overall in 2018 were higher than the previous year by 22.6 percent. The year-on-year rise in 2017 stood at 11 percent. However, car sales for the year were still lower by 48.8 percent than the record high of 372,892

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  9. Building permits rise by 23.8 pct in Oct, up by 10.9 pct in first 10 months
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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  10. Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
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    Agora

    -binding referendum. However, the 37 percent turnout was lower than the 50 percent threshold... a state that has been recognised as Republic of Macedonia by more than 130 countries agrees to amend... the name it has been using for more than 50 years when it became independent. Is the agreement

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