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As imports rise, Greek C/A balance flips back to deficit in May
EconomyMacroeconomymore than offsett a rise in the services surplus by 190 million. The widening of the trade deficit... and ships, the trade balance in May did not show any meaningful change, while exports grew faster than
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Greek deposits inch up again in June, reaching 163.21 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy(BoG). Monthly net inflows more than doubled to 1.22 billion euros in June from 558 million in May... - savings’ inflows of 229 million more than offsetting time outflows of 708 million. June’s positive
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After recent series of rises, economic sentiment and consumer confidence dip in July
EconomyMacroeconomyabove the 100-point mark for the second straight month, while it has improved by more than 11 points... by 1.2 points in July, falling to -51.0. This follows an improvement of more than 15 points
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Greek PMI falls again in July, dropping to 48.7 points
EconomyMacroeconomygoods. The rate of drop in July new orders was faster than that observed in June, mainly reflecting... prices were marginally higher than in June. One of the few areas of cost pressure stemmed from
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Unemployment at 27.2 pct in May, hardly changed from previous months
EconomyMacroeconomystand around 0.5 percentage points (pp) lower than a year ago. Although youth unemployment fell by 6.5... the past two years, yet it has more than doubled compared to the May 2009 figure of 24.9 percent
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Greek primary cash surplus reaches 1.8 bln in H1 2014
EconomyMacroeconomydecrease in the long-terms bonds by 8.1 billion euros, which is more than offset by a net increase..., the EFSF/ESM/IMF loans stood at 219.71 billion euros corresponding to more than two thirds of total
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State budget primary surplus widens to 2.28 bln at end of July after rise in revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyin the 7-month period to 4.02 billion euros, which is 144 million lower than target. Following a stronger... expenditure surged 39.9 percent to 2.97 billion, 9.1 percent higher than target.
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Greek trade deficit rises by 7.4 pct in June but rate of increase slows
EconomyMacroeconomy, which was slightly lower than that in May (1.72 billion). The movement in June reflects an increase... of 32.6 percent, significantly higher than the headline figure of 7.4 percent. The geographical
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Rate of credit contraction rises to 3.7 pct in July, balances fall
EconomyMacroeconomy, the sector had posted net additions of 71 and 84 million respectively, which were more than offset... 33.5 percent in Q1. More than half of the 77 billion euros in NPLs at the end of Q1 derived from
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBanking. The latter mainly reflects higher deposit NII on improving time deposit spread more than offset..., where spreads are 20 bps lower than new production, is expected to continue supporting NII growth
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