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General govt primary cash surplus at 5.63 bln in Dec, arrears fall by 536 mln but miss target
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the underlying subcategories, the biggest year-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in extrabudgetary... The MoF’s figures showed that the year ended with a total of 2.04 billion in arrears still outstanding... in December compared to November. As mentioned, since the start of the year total arrears have declined
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Industrial production up by 1.1 pct in Dec and 1 pct overall in 2018
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew year-on-year (YoY) by 1.1 percent in December from..., but rose to -4.6 points compared to -5 points in the previous month. Year-on-year, industry confidence has... last year. New business remained steady, and new orders grew at the rate noted in December.
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Car sales rise by 9.2 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyon Friday. In January 2018, the year-on-year rise came to 44.3 percent. Car sales for the month came... percent. The year-on-year rise in 2017 stood at 11 percent. However, car sales for the year were still
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New overdue taxes rise by 1.25 bln in Dec, total for 2018 at 106.62 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythan the figure for the same period last year by 15.4 percent. New unpaid obligations from tax... of 12.11 billion due across the whole year. Income tax due fell to 49.2 million from 1.20 billion.... For the full year, 2.31 billion euros of ENFIA were paid out of 3.11 billion due
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December current account deficit at 1.51 bln and 5.28 bln for 2018
EconomyMacroeconomy. The respective figure for December 2017 showed a deficit of 1.47 billion, meaning that year-on-year (YoY... improved to a surplus of 492.4 million from 448.7 million a year ago, or an increase of 9.7 percent YoY... year, the travel balance came to a surplus of 25.4 million. Travel receipts grew by 40 percent
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Travel balance falls by 45.6 pct in Dec but rises by 9.6 pct in 2018 as visitors top 30 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy, increasing by 40 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments also rose by 53.2 percent and came to 252... million euros surplus last year. Receipts were driven by an increase of 16.8 percent in foreign... edged down very slightly by 0.2 percent to 521.10 euros in 2018 versus 522.30 euros last year
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Retail turnover rises by 0.5 pct in Dec, with 2018 average increase at 2.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomypositive for a second consecutive year after 2017’s average turnover of 1.8 percent. Across 2018..., showing an improvement of 10.5 points year-on-year. Consumer confidence fell by 5 points month-on-month to -33.3 in February. Year-on-year, consumer confidence has improved by 16.3 points.
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Industrial production up by 3.4 pct in Jan for third straight rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 3.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in January from... from -4.6 points. Year-on-year, industry confidence has deteriorated by 5.4 points. Additionally... as the main drivers. New business accelerated in February at the quickest rate in a year, driven by a rise
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Unemployment rate inches up to 18.7 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy) of the year, edging up from the rate of 18.3 percent noted in Q3, Hellenic Statistical Authority... 2011 that the rate of unemployment has been below 20 percent. Compared to the same period last year... displaying the biggest year-on-year declines in hires were transportation and storage (-5,400
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Newsletter 200 -29/03/2019
two months of 2018, down significantly against last year’s figure of 2.70 billion euros, the Finance... of the year came to 8.97 billion euros, which is 566 million euros lower than the target. The MoF noted... of Employees”. On an aggregate basis, in the first two months of the year, state budget expenditure
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