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Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years
Societyyears previously, newly released health data has shown. Published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority... in ten (32.3 percent) said they never consumed alcohol, a rate that has remained constant since 2009... was recorded in underweight persons, to reach 2.2 percent. Just under one in four (23 percent
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Greek stocks slip 1.7 pct during week with subdued volumes
Economyand the mission chiefs resumed in Athens, with the Finance Ministry indicating there has been..., landing at 561.61. Since the beginning of the year, the domestic stock market has fallen by 11 percent...) and Grivalia (+2.2 percent). In contrast, the worst performers included: Ellaktor (-7.1 percent), Piraeus
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Unemployment rate eases to 24.1 pct in March, lowest in four years
EconomyMacroeconomythat employment has gained 87,300 jobs over the last 12 months, while the number of unemployed has... rate among men fell by 2.2 percentage points (pp) from last year to 20.4 percent, while that of women
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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence deteriorate in November
EconomyMacroeconomybut has still recorded gains of 4.8 points year to date. Consumer confidence also dropped by 3.3... confidence indicator also increased by 2.2 points for the second straight month and reached 3.5 in November... of the year, the retail trade indicator has posted marked gains of 16.2 points. In contrast, the industry
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Credit contraction slows again in Nov, falling to 1.3 pct on additions of 62 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy, the continued loan deleveraging of Greek banks has resulted in net deductions of 3.11 billion, 11.3... almost 2.2 billion. The lending flow in the consumer credit sector remained modest with net deductions... balance down by more than 23 percent over this period. The biggest rate of decline over this period has
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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence rebound by more than 2 pts in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved by 2.2 points to 94.6 in December after falling by 1.4... month. The highest reading in 2016 was recorded in October at -63.6, while consumer confidence has... that showed a negative trend within 2016 was consumer confidence, which has decreased by 3.3 points over
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Stocks fall for fourth straight week amid lack of progress in talks with lenders
Economyand landed at 628.92 on Friday. It has recorded cumulative losses of 4.8 percent over the last four... week. Overall, the banking index fell 2.2 percent this week, extending losses to 10.6 percent over... Bank said on Monday it has agreed with the Serbian MK group for the sale of Alpha’s entire stake (100
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Greek households spend greatest share of income on accommodation in EU
SocietyAn EU-wide survey has found that Greece ranks last in terms of housing exclusion, with households..., to 93, which is where the ratio lay in 2000. The report notes that “Greece has experienced...”. It also highlights that in the 2011 Eurostat census, “Greece had more than 2.2 million unoccupied
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IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomyto grow at a slower pace of 2.2 percent in 2017 compared to its initial forecast of 2.8 percent... of Greece (BoG) has a slightly lower estimate of 2.5 percent, while the OECD foresees a much slower growth... is due on April 18. The Fund has already written about Greece that its “primary balance estimates
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Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
EconomyProgrammefiscal gap of by 2018, the government has committed to savings of 447 million euros. These will stem... proceeds for 2017 and 2018 are estimated at 2.2 billion euros in each year, but both figures are under..., legislation has to be approved to introduce a new mobility scheme, to complete the rationalisation
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