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  1. Six in 10 Greeks earn less than average salary of €1,022 in private sector

    Society

    and grosses less than the average salary in the private sector. These are the general characteristics... than 1,022 euros a month, the average salary in the private sector, according to separate data from the country’s largest insurance fund IKA-ETAM. In 2013, the number of employees earning less than

    11%

  2. More than half of Greek households rely mainly on pensions

    Society

    households in 2015. Last year’s figure was slightly lower than the record 52 percent recorded in 2014 but almost ten percentage points higher than the 2012 share of 42.3 percent. Of those households... at less than 10,000 euros. The outlook for 2016 remains similarly negative, with seven in ten Greek

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  3. Q1 GDP contracts 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.4 pct YoY, slightly worse than flash estimates
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The headline figure is slightly worse than the 0.4 percent QoQ contraction in the flash estimates released... in Q4 2015. Today’s figure for Q1 is slightly higher than the -1.3 percent released in flash estimates... reflects a nosedive in disposable income by more than 30 percent. This is attributed to a sharp rise

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  4. Greek teens less likely to smoke, get drunk than European peers but gamble more
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    Society

    drink, and are the most likely to have gambled for money than their peers in Europe. These are some... percent of them more than once, compared to an average of 23 and five percent, respectively. As was the case in Denmark and the Czech Republic, more than 90 percent of teenagers in Greece reported easy

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  5. More concern for coalition than cheer for SYRIZA in latest poll figures

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but the poll’s findings should be more of a source of concern for the New Democracy-led government than... popularity, for instance, was at 36 percent in September, which was eight points lower than in May... points more than the vacuous anti-memorandum Independent Greeks. This can hardly be a cause

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  6. Greeks' wages fell more than 10 pct in 2013, IKA data shows
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    Society

    Average wages in Greece fell by more than 10 percent in 2013, according to data published... 2013, which was 10.27 percent lower than a year earlier. The daily rate worked out at 54.66 euros. Those working in smaller companies (employing less than 10 people) earn around 60 percent of what

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  7. Greek primary cash surplus more than doubles to 2.45 bln at end of August

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Greek general government (gg) primary cash surplus more than doubled year on year (YoY... of clawback and rebate mechanisms for 2013 in the larger healthcare provider (EOPYY) rather than..., the EFSF/ESM/IMF loans stood at 221.11 billion euros corresponding to more than two-thirds of total debt

    10%

  8. Growing hopes that Greek recession will be milder than expected

    Economy

    recession will be milder than the country’s lenders expectations in mid-August. In a positive... (+0.1 percent), more than offsetting a sharp drop in investments (-10.6 percent). The provisional... statements they expect a softer GDP contraction this year. Their predictions for a better-than-expected

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  9. General gov't primary cash surplus more than doubles to 4.14 bln in 2015, arrears ease to 5.4 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus more than doubled to 4.14 billion euros... in the course of 2015 from 3.83 billion at the end of 2014. More than 60 percent of 2015 arrears stemmed... than half of total arrears. Arrears to hospitals increased by 324 million euros to 931 million in 2015

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  10. Budget primary surplus of 1.19 bln in Jan markedly better than target
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    (by 420 million) more than offsetting revenue underperformance of 69 million. The state budget balance... million lower than target. As a result, net revenues rose by 4.7 percent to 3.65 million, almost spot... decreased by 5.3 percent to 3 billion euros, 469 million lower than target. The Finance Ministry noted

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