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Greek PMI falls to 49.4 in June, lowest since November 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyticked up to a 10-month high, but factory gate prices continued to fall. The rate of growth... the output growth was sustained in June mainly through progress on outstanding business, the rate of drop... decline in June after marginal gains in each of the preceding two months. In addition, the rate of job
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Seasonal jobs bring down Q2 unemployment to 26.6 pct but long-term jobless rising
EconomyMacroeconomyThe non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate posted a drop both year on year (YoY) and quarter... in Q2 2013, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The Q2 unemployment rate... the unemployment rate slightly slipped to 27 percent in June from 27.1 percent in May. All monthly
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Greece is least socially just country in EU, report indicates
Societyis at the bottom ranking with a youth unemployment rate of nearly 60 percent, a rapid increase... The report highlights obvious factors such as the high unemployment rate, including among young Greeks, but also long-term joblessness (Greece has the highest rate in the EU) and the in-job poverty
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Greek children lead way in languages at primary school level
Societyon health and society. The report shows that while the crude death rate for children under 14 in Greece... fatality rate for the 20–24 age group contributing to the country’s position. The statistics also show...) in the EU. Greece’s infant mortality rate is also among the lowest in Europe, standing at 2.9 in 2012, down
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Unemployment edges up for second consecutive quarter in Q1, reaches 26.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyThe non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate continued heading north for the second successive... that unemployment hovered between 25.6 and 25.7 percent in Q1 2015. Compared to the rate of 27.8 percent... percent to 3.5 million. The breakdown of unemployment by gender showed the male jobless rate fell by 1.5
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Newsletter 43 - 18/09/2015
to the imposition of a 23 percent VAT rate on tuition fees at private schools and tuition centres, a measure voted in the Greek Parliament on August 13 to counterbalance the lowering of the VAT rate... and the reinstatement of the waiver on Greek government securities. Q2 unemployment rate drops The non
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Greece near top of EU charts for proportion of population over 65 and 80
Society. Greece, along with Italy, now has the third lowest birth rate in the EU after Germany and Portugal... people (23.1 percent) over 65 in Greece in 2013, the seventh highest rate in the European Union (after... of the population, where the at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate is 38.9 percent, over-65s in Greece
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Greece most socially unjust country in EU, study finds
Society). The report noted the “horrifying” increase to 23.8 percent this year of the rate of severe... under half (49.4 percent) of working-age Greeks employed in 2014, the lowest rate in the 28-country... ratio of women to men, and the highest unemployment rate in the EU and the highest longterm
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Marginal changes in loan and deposit rates in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomytime deposit rate remained broadly stable at 1.18 percent in September from 1.19 percent in August, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Monday. The September rate is the lowest reading since 2002... renewal option was in the existing terms. Despite the recent considerable cut in the time deposit rate
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Unemployment down slightly to 24.6 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 24.6 percent in November from an upward.... The unemployment rate among men decreased at a faster pace compared to that among women over the last 12 months... rate to 34.2 percent. The unemployment rate in the 35-44 and 45-54 years groups fell to 22.3
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