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Travel balance for nine-month period shows surplus of 11.57 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy. In recent years Greece has been on a drive to promote itself as a medical tourism destination
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.94 bln in 2017 on expenditure fall
EconomyMacroeconomy, a slight increase on last month’s figure of 1.27 billion. Although the figure has risen substantially
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Credit contraction remains at 0.9 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomyand came to 22.25 billion. The Greek market has been experiencing a contraction for the last six
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PMI up to 55.2 in January, highest since October 2007
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI increased strongly by 2.1 points in January to 55.2, remaining above the 50-mark threshold for the eighth month in a row. Markit’s PMI headline figure for the first month of 2018 was the highest it has been since October 2007, and represents the longest consecutive
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Overdue social security debt reaches 31.3 bln in Q4, collected revenues beat annual target
EconomyMacroeconomylast year. Overall, KEAO has collected revenues of 2.86 billion since 2013 with a double-digit rise
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Trade deficit falls by 0.8 pct in December, total imports outpace exports for 2017
EconomyMacroeconomy. The value of imports has remained above the 4-billion euro mark for a third consecutive month
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Unemployment rate at 20.9 pct in November, slight upward revision for October
EconomyMacroeconomynumber of unemployed has stayed below the 1-million mark. The overall labour force showed a slight
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Spending on pensions down by 30.9 mln in December
EconomyMacroeconomy25, at 362.86 euros. The government has been gradually phasing out the EKAS grant. In December’s
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Fall in apartment prices slows to 0.3 pct in Q4 2017, 1 pct average drop for year
EconomyMacroeconomyloan balance has contracted by more than a quarter since the end of 2010. Net deductions
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December current account deficit at 1.24 bln on falling services balance
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s current account (C/A) balance recorded a deficit of 1.24 billion in December, worsening from November’s deficit of 954 million euros Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Tuesday. The respective figure for a year ago showed a deficit of 1 billion, meaning that the deficit has worsened
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