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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
, slowing from October’s rise of 16.4 percent, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed... Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed. The latest headline figure is the first negative reading since... in Q3 2017, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) this week. Compared
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Banks gear up for stress tests, with results due in May
EconomyBanking. By the end of February, banks will submit to the European Banking Authority (EBA) the necessary data for the baseline and adverse scenarios. By mid-March, Greek lenders will re-submit data, having... the capital adequacy over the stress test period. Based on data for the first nine months of the 2017
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Retail sales rise by 2.2 pct in December, average growth of 1.7 pct in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyrevised decline of 1.4 percent, according to data published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT... points. According to data from the trade federation, retail sales were anticipated to end the year... against what was predicted, although the data for the month is provisional. December 2017 sales were
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Building activity down by 6.7 pct in Dec after rising by 8.6 pct in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits fell by 6.7 percent in December against a rise of 16.4 percent in the previous month, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Monday showed. The data revealed... declining to 58.64 billion euros, according to the BoG. The BoG’s data also showed that around 41
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Final decision on 2019 fiscal measures still a few weeks away
EconomyProgrammeto send to Eurostat this Friday the final fiscal data for 2017, including Greece’s primary surplus... for the economic and fiscal data from the first quarter of this year before arriving at a decision... before May as Eurostat is due to make the 2017 data public on April 23, four days ahead
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Building activity up by 18 pct in Jan, permits dip below 1,000-mark
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits rose by 18 percent in January compared to a decrease of 6.7 percent in the previous month, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday showed. The data revealed... in February, with the balance declining to 58.56 billion euros, according to the BoG. The BoG’s data
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Ministers urged to speed up reforms as Athens prepares for lenders to return
EconomyProgrammeon areas where there is a lack of data on which to base property values and those where... be a closer examination of Greece’s fiscal data for 2017. The government is hoping that the lenders... in 2016 and 2017 by a significant margin (3.5 and 2.3 points respectively). The preliminary data
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
positive momentum in May with hirings outpacing departures by 108,725, data from the Labour... (ELSTAT) data showed. The latest monthly headline figure is the first negative reading for the year so... from a revised drop of 0.4 percent in Q4 2017, Bank of Greece (BoG) data showed this week
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Income and living conditions survey shows persisting inequality
Societydeprivation, income inequality and risk of poverty. The data released showed that material deprivation stands at 21.1 percent, with reference data from 2016. According to the findings, material... percent of children live in overcrowded households. Income inequality Data on income inequality released
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Greeks seen working longer, until July 18, to meet annual tax bill
SocietyGreece’s tax freedom day falls on July 18 this year according to data collected by the Dragoumis.... KEFiM has been carrying out the survey for the last four years. The latest data as of 2017 from... in the following years. In April this year, data from ELSTAT showed that extra taxation did not lead
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