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Unemployment falls to 17.6 pct in April, dipping under 18 pct for first time since Jul 2011
EconomyMacroeconomyincreased by 74,993 or a rise of 2 percent. Total employment reached 3.89 million people. ELSTAT’s...). The total inactive population now stands at 3.22 million. The unemployment rate among women fell by 2.7..., there were 2,213 fewer hirings than departures. Total hirings came to 289,489 versus 258,082 departures
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Travel balance up by 7.8 pct in May, aggregate visitors edge down 0.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyto 131,900. Finally, visitors from Russia increased by 10.7 percent to 26,100. In total, arrivals from the EU... from outside the EU showed an increase of 14.4 percent to 1.9 million. In total, arrivals edged... that in 2018, international arrivals at Greek airports rose by 12.9 percent. In total, road and air
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Unemployment falls to 17.2 pct, stays below 18 pct for second month
EconomyMacroeconomy. Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 81,995 or a rise of 2.1 percent. Total... compared with April 2018 (-0.5 percent). The total inactive population now stands at 3.20 million... for the month on record after July 2015 when a negative balance of 16,658 was noted. Total hirings came
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Current account balance surplus of 874.4 mln in June shows significant yoy improvement
EconomyMacroeconomy. Total exports of goods in June came to 2.71 billion euros, against 2.94 billion in June last year, showing a fall of 7.7 percent. At the same time, total imports reached 4.29 billion euros, from 5.01... to a slowdown in export growth while imports continued to grow. Total exports of goods rose by 1.6 percent
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VAT gap remains high as non-compliance overtakes revenue rise
EconomyFeaturesVAT Total Tax Liability (VTTL). Out of the European Union countries surveyed, Greece fared among... of all EU 28 countries. Based on the VAT collection figures available, the total amount of VAT lost across the EU in 2017 is estimated at 137.5 billion, equal to a loss of 11.2 percent of the total
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Unemployment drops to 16.9 pct in Q2, hitting eight-year low
EconomyMacroeconomy142,200 in those employed, bringing the total to 3.96 million. The largest increase in employment in Q2... for an eighth consecutive quarter to 570,100. Out of the total, long-term unemployed constitute... sectors: wholesale and retail trade (17.3 percent of total), agriculture, forestry and fishing (11.5
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Current account balance shows surplus of 1.28 bln in July
EconomyMacroeconomyago. Total exports in July came to 3.03 billion euros, against 2.86 billion in July last year, showing a rise of 6 percent. At the same time, total imports reached 5.04 billion euros, from 4.69... billion to a deficit of 13.61 billion. Total exports rose by 2.2 percent, while imports rose by 4.7
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Household expenditure edges up again in 2018, still well below pre-crisis level
Societyaccounted for 20.2 percent of total expenditure, housing (14.1 percent) and transport (13 percent... percent of the average monthly expenditure of total households. In contrast, the average monthly... by the poorest 20 percent of the population equalled 33.9 percent of total household expenditure, while
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Current account balance shows surplus of 1.87 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher net payments of the other (excluding general government) sectors. Total exports in August.... At the same time, total imports reached 4.20 billion euros, from 4.46 billion euros last year, a drop.... Total exports rose by 1.1 percent, while imports rose by 3.4 percent.The respective amounts came
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ELSTAT confirms third consecutive year or fiscal surplus in 2018
Economyfor public investments. According to the data in the second notification, in 2018 Greece ran a total surplus of 1.8 billion euros, or 1 percent of GDP. This is the third consecutive total surplus... notification and the first one that was published in April this year. The total surplus is lower by 0.1
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