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Economic sentiment slides in Nov, consumer confidence drops sharply
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) deteriorated in November, with the index at 106 points, from... the rolling 12-month period, November’s ESI was marginally lower by 0.2 points from December 2024. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.8 points in November, from 96.6 in the previous month. The euro area’s
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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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As Greek leaders mull position on refugee crisis, EC sets out timetable of targets
PoliticsForeign Policya few dozen leave Greece each day and for all EU member states to be forced to live up their commitments... to rapid decrease in the number of arrivals in Greece; with regard to the latter, the more Member States... of applicable existing readmission agreements and with the support of other Member States. The agreed
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoraspecifically relations with Serbia and lack of recognition from 5 EU member states (Cyprus, Greece... of the 5 EU member states which still do not recognize Kosovo. Kosovo’s declaration of independence... by the EU, nor by individual Member States, where they have not taken such a step. In contrast
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