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GDP rises by 0.5 pct in Q2 as signs of recovery emerge
EconomyMacroeconomy, after a marginal rise of 0.1 percent in 2016. Exports Exports of goods and services jumped by 3.8... than 4 percent QoQ and 8.8 percent YoY, while services’ exports contracted by 3.7 percent QoQ... of services also dropped by 0.1 percent. Compared to 2016, imports of goods rose in Q2 by 0.7 percent while
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Strong travel balance brings current account surplus to 1.83 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyby 162.6 million euros year-on-year and was mainly driven by a rise in the services balance, which... to the BoG. An improvement in all the subaccounts led the services balance to grow by 18.1 percent... by an increase of 1.56 billion euros in the services balance, and improvements in the primary
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by strong services balance growth as travel receipts continue to increase Travel receipts rose by 15.5... euros year-on-year and was driven by a 350 million rise in the services balance, and by the deficit of the balance of goods improving by 49.4 million euros. The services balance grew by 14.5 percent
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CPI rises by 0.7 pct in Dec for first 12-month positive streak after four years of deflation
EconomyMacroeconomy, while the goods’ and services’ indices advanced by 0.6 and 0.8 percent, respectively. The harmonised... transport tickets. Communications (+1.3 percent) were driven by a rise in telephone services costs...). Price decreases were noted in household equipment (-2.2 percent), miscellaneous goods and services
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January current account deficit at 585.8 mln as goods balance worsens
EconomyMacroeconomy, where the deficit worsened by 430 million to 1.89 billion euros. The services balance also showed..., imports rose by 23.5 percent. As mentioned, the services balance recorded a fall of 11 percent. This was mainly caused by lower net services and travel receipts. Travel receipts fell by 3 percent to 153.1
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May current account shows surplus of 191.5 million as underlying indicators improve
EconomyMacroeconomy, while imports rose by 6.1 percent to 4.25 billion. The services balance improved by 27.4 percent... percent at constant prices, with non-oil exports growing by 8.2 percent. The services balance surplus... driver was a rise in the surpluses of the services balance, primary and secondary income accounts
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June current account shows surplus of 208.8 million as imports outpace exports
EconomyMacroeconomya worsening of both the oil balance and the non-oil balance. The services balance improved by 13.8... billion. As mentioned, the improvement in the services balance was driven largely by an improvement... with the surplus of the primary income account declining by 305.2 million YoY. Meanwhile, the services balance
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
Societythan half between 2009 to 2015. Treatment services, diagnostics, and disease prevention programmes were cut by 20 percent, and maternal and child health services were cut by 73 percent between 2009 and 2012. In addition, state funding for mental health services was cut by a fifth in 2010 to 2011
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Current account deficit widens in March due to deteriorating goods trade balance
EconomyMacroeconomyoffset by the improved services balance. Additionally, the primary and secondary income accounts.... The services balance improved to a surplus of 589 million from 383 million a year ago, an increase... in the services balance of close to half a billion euros and the primary income accounts. The oil
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Current account balance shows surplus of 300.6 mln in May
EconomyMacroeconomyby an improvement in the secondary income account, as well as in the services balance and in the primary income... billion euros. The services balance improved to a surplus of 1.82 billion from 1.73 billion a year ago... of the balance of goods, which was partially offset by a rise in the surplus of the services balance
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