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PMI at 53.7 in Jan as manufacturers remain confident for year ahead
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI edged down slight to 53.7 points in January from 53.8 points in December, staying over the 50-mark threshold for 20 consecutive months. Markit noted that despite the drop, the headline figure indicated a solid improvement in t...
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Budget primary surplus beats Jan target by 706 mln on significant underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Finance Ministry issued on Friday the first budget execution update for 2019, with the preliminary data showing that the primary surplus settled at 603 million euros, against a deficit target of 103 million euros. In the same period last year, ...
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Primary cash surplus at 735 mln in Jan on expenditure and interest payment rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash surplus fell by 1.95 billion euros year-on-year (YoY) to 735 million in January, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. The overall cash balance also recorded a deficit of 415 million, declining by 1.5...
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Credit contraction at 1.1 pct in Jan, balance at 169.42 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit contraction in the Greek market came to 1.1 percent in January, unchanged from December, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. As a result, the outstanding balance decreased to 169.42 billion from 170.29 billion in the previous month ...
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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 an upward revised figure of 1.3 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data revealed on Friday. The latest figure keeps the index pos...
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Trade deficit up by 5.1 pct in Jan as imports rise, exports edge down
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s trade deficit increased by 9 percent year-on-year (YoY) in January, accelerating from the 5.1 percent rise seen in December, data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed on Friday. January’s deficit stood at 2.16 billion euros, ...
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Retail turnover falls by 2.3 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index declined by 2.3 percent in January after a downward revised fall of 0.2 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday. January’s figure is the second consecutive negative reading. The aver...
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Eurosystem funding falls by 1.24 bln in Jan, banknotes in circulation fall below Nov 14 figure
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding declined by 1.24 billion euros month-on-month (MoM) in January, the Bank of Greece's (BoG) final financial statement for January 2019 has revealed. As of January, the total for central bank funding comes to 9.83 billion v...
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Unemployment rate edged up again in Jan, reaching 18.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came to 18.5 percent in January, edging up from an upward revised rate of 18.4 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. For the same month in 2018, the un...
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Building permits drop by 10.2 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits decreased by 10.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) in January, deepening from a decline of 7.5 percent seen in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday showed. The latest monthly headline figure is the second ...
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