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  1. The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect

    Agora

    percent in 2009 but plummeted to 19 percent last year – the lowest rating in the Union. There have been... in Ireland to 47 percent last year. However, it would be wrong to believe that the alarm bells for the EU... to 19 percent last year but France, for instance, also experienced 17 percentage point drop to 47

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  2. Deposits up again in December but credit contraction continues apace

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    performance led the net flow for whole year turning positive to 2.24 billion in 2013 from outflows... funding purposes). Credit contraction At the same time, the year on year (yoy) credit contraction

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  3. Sales season pushes November retail volume to growth for the first time since March 2010

    Economy

    Retail sales turnover stayed flat year on year (yoy) in November following a 2.1 percent drop recorded in October, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The headline figure posted... in the respective excise tax last year. The drop in retail sales throughout 2013 also stems from

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  4. Electricity drives rare rise in Greek industrial production index

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    readings showed a mid-single digit drop. It is worth noting that the IPI has only had five positive year on year readings since April 2008. The modest rise in December is down to a 7.1 percent rise..., electricity production exhibited a 6.9 percent drop for the whole year with mining & quarrying production

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  5. Central gov't cash surplus rises by 53.8 pct to 603 mln in January

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to 603 million euros in January from 392 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG... year’s figure of 636 million. Both figures are in line with the preliminary January budget execution... expenditure figure - excluding arrears’ repayments of 257 million last year - shows an increase of 1

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  6. C/A surplus of 0.7 pct of GDP in 2013 is Greece's first for decades
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million from 479 million last year owing to a jump in the current transfers surplus by 580 million... billion with a significant contribution to the C/A balance this year. Unlike previous years... of the year. In 2008, before the crisis broke out, Greece’s C/A deficit stood at just under 15

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  7. Greek trade deficit narrowed 11 pct in 2013 but exports marginally negative
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 13.1 percent and 19.2 percent respectively. The full year performance, which smoothes out the monthly... depicting a 2.1 percent drop. The import movement for the full year exhibited a broadly similar.../A surplus at 1.24 billion from deficit of 4.62 billion last year, implying a positive movement

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  8. Greek jobless rate dips to 27.5 pct in Dec but inactive population growing

    Economy

    at 20.6 percent and for 55-64 at 16.6. Despite easing month on month and year on year, youth... unemployment to remain broadly stable this year.

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  9. Central government primary cash surplus at 1.7 bln to February
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    from deficit of 1.4 billion last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). At the same time... million last year. The disclosed BoG figures stand 274 and 391 million respectively lower than.... Nevertheless, the comparable expenditure figure - excluding arrears’ repayments of 699 million last year

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  10. The Greek crisis we don’t see
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    Agora

    40 percent (41.7) said that they would not be able to meet their commitments for this year... billion euros in 2013 to just under 14 billion this year – a reduction of more than 18 percent. Apart... providing their services for free administer donated medicines to more than 4,000 patients a year who

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