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Job departures hit 17-year high of 29,817 in January
EconomyMacroeconomy2001. The breakdown showed hirings reached 126,501 in January. They fell short of a total of 156,318... in January 2015. The share of males among total hirings edged up to 59.4 percent in January from 58.5... involved flexible types of work, with part-time and shift work making up for 40.1 and 14.6 of total
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Net job hirings at record high of 38,517 in March, lead to positive balance in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyat 170,810 in March and outpaced a total of 132,293 departures. Just under half (around 49 percent.... The share of males among total hirings fell below the 58-percent mark from around 61 percent in February... and 14.8 of total hirings respectively. Full-time employment accounted for 46.5 percent
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These were the key drivers behind Greece's strong fiscal performance in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomy. Taxes on production and imports (mostly indirect taxes), which hold the lion’s share of total revenues... of the total figure, rose by 1.06 billion to 18.15 billion. Social contributions, which represent the second highest revenue component (28.5 percent of the total), recorded a smaller rise of 510 million
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Collapse of Cyprus talks, "Justice March" raise risk of offshore drilling standoff
Agorathe risk of a naval confrontation between Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus when Total of France... in Block 11, which is located to the southwest of the divided island. Total acquired the rights to Block 11 in 2013. In March 2017, Eni announced that it had signed a farm-in agreement with Total
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General govt primary cash surplus at 4.10 bln in seven-month, arrears rise to 5.44 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyat the end of July, constituting 42.4 percent of total arrears. Tax refunds were the next largest contributor, representing 28 percent of the total (1.52 billion), followed by hospitals at 10.1 percent (550... of the total debt. Bonds came to 49.14 billion (15.1 percent of total), T-Bills to 14.92 billion (4.6
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Draft budget highlights taxpayer fatigue, creates policy mix doubts
EconomyMacroeconomythat this underperformance in revenues will also be more evident when the full-year picture emerges. Total revenues have... euros. This total figure is even lower than in 2016, when it landed at 52.34 billion. In the draft budget, not just the 2017 figure has been revised. The total revenue figure for 2018 has also been
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Net job hirings of 17,128 in September after brief dip
EconomyMacroeconomyimproved by 9,340. Hirings came to 261,807 versus a total of 244,679 departures, of which close to 52 percent relate to layoffs. Full-time hirings were below 40 percent of the total in September... among total hirings edged lower to 51.6 percent in September from 55.7 percent in the previous
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Travel balance posts surplus of 3.15 bln in H1 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyshare of total expenditure in H1 2017 at 80.7 percent, with corresponding receipts rising by 8.4 percent... trips for health purposes rose by 96.8 percent year-on-year to total 24 million euros. On the other... of Greek home ports. The port of Piraeus captured 48.6 percent of total cruise receipts, followed
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General govt primary cash surplus at 6.39 bln in October, arrears continue to decline
EconomyMacroeconomyof the total. Arrears Arrears to the private sector (including tax refund arrears) fell by 200... constitute 19.4 percent of the total (832 million). Debt Central government gross debt rose by 3.78... over 71 percent of the total debt. Bonds were reduced slightly to 50.18 billion (15.2 percent
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Net job hirings balance for November turns negative by 39,221
EconomyMacroeconomyto 42 percent of the total. The balance has persistently remained in favour of part-time and shift work... types of work. In November, part-time and flexible types of work made up 58 percent of the total... for the same time last year was slightly higher at 45.5 percent. The share of males among total
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