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Strong travel balance brings current account surplus to 1.83 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomythe travel surplus up 11.1 percent to 9.24 billion. Financial account Residents’ net external... assets, attributable mostly to an 8 billion-euro drop in residents' holdings of foreign bonds and T
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Disposable income grows by 0.2 pct in Q2 on higher remuneration, consumption rises
EconomyMacroeconomyin other transfers and social contributions, along with a drop in taxes. Since 2010, disposable income... percent to 3.1 billion. Furthermore, social security contributions increased by 6.4 percent, up from
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Current account surplus at 1.21 bln in September on services balance growth
EconomyMacroeconomyarrivals by the same amount. Travel payments fell by 4.2 percent, pushing the travel surplus up 12.4... from an 8.3 billion-euro drop in residents' holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills. A net decrease
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Final budget sees strong growth, fiscal overperformance in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. The intake from the public investment budget will be 3.56 billion, up from 3.18 billion... from 6.17 billion in 2017. Interest payments will drop from 6 billion this year to 5.2 billion next
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Deposit inflows of 1.04 bln in October for banks
EconomyMacroeconomyprogramme review in June, after which deposit inflows picked up pace on the back of increased consumer... would be reduced further by 1.7 billion euros to 26.9 billion. The drop reflected “developments
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Unemployment rate continues decline to 20.5 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomythe total number of unemployed has stayed below the 1-million mark. The overall labour force edged up... by age group, the largest year-on-year drop (-5.7 pp) in unemployment came from the 25-34 section
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Deposit inflows of 272.9 mln recorded in November
EconomyMacroeconomyconclusion of the second programme review in June, after which deposit inflows picked up pace... be reduced further by 1 billion euros to 24.8 billion. The drop reflected “developments in the liquidity
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politics, with the reductions to pensions due in 2019 and the lowering of the tax-free threshold lined up... to drop these interventions if it is on course to meet its fiscal targets. European sources
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BoG sees ample capital space for banks to sell bad loans
EconomyBankingagainst those scenarios so the systemwide CET1 will not drop below 12.5 percent. The price range for the sale starts at 3 percent of the portfolio’s nominal value, up to 20 percent. This is measured
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November current account deficit at 954 mln, goods balance improves
EconomyMacroeconomyat constant prices, while non-oil exports were up by 6.5 percent at constant prices (+9.5 percent at current... drop in residents' holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills. A net fall in liabilities was driven
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