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  1. A varied set of views on China
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    Agora

    of inferior quality to that of western goods. In short, while Greeks are not disposed negatively... in their eyes. Nor do they envy life and work in China, and find Chinese commodities of inferior quality

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  2. Greek banks' Eurosystem funding down for second month in a row in Feb

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    at 67.99 billion, below the 70-billion mark for the first time since March 2010. The movement in February... of ELA funding passed the 100-billion-euro mark for the first time in February 2012 and remained

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  3. Greek jobless rate eases for fourth straight month but still at 26.7 pct
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    Economy

    . Youth unemployment eased below the 60-percent mark to 56.8 percent from 25.9 percent in January 2009... in January. Despite easing below the 30-percent mark, Epirus-Western Macedonia and Macedonia-Thrace

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  4. Unemployment rate edges down for sixth straight month to 26.8 pct in March

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    women remains above the 30-percent mark for the second consecutive year, at 30.6 percent in March from... the 25-percent mark. The European Commission and the International Monetary Fund both estimate a drop

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  5. Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May

    Economy

    to targets lower than the 40-million euro mark. The revenue breakdown showed direct taxes increasing... by 2.4 percent. Income tax exceeded the 1-billion mark for the first time this year in May leading

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  6. Deposits rise for third straight month in May, reaching 162.1 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    surpassed the 100-billion mark for the first time since August 2013. Although May showed inflows..., the savings’ outflows have been contained below the 100-million mark in the last two months

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  7. Credit contracts at slower rate of 3.5 pct in May, balances down to 214.3 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the 100-billion mark for the first time since September 2007. Monthly net deductions increased to 246 million... below the 3-percent mark for the second straight month at 2.8 percent with net deductions at 138 million

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  8. Greek PMI falls to 49.4 in June, lowest since November 2013

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction. The deterioration reflects weakening output growth... the crucial 50.0 mark in June, dragged lower in part by slower growth in output. A slight fall

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  9. Greek unemployment rate hovers at 27 pct in June
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the 59-percent mark for the second consecutive month. In addition, the June figure is the highest reading... unemployment remains consistently above the 50-percent mark, at 51.5 percent in June. Nevertheless, this year’s

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  10. Greece is least socially just country in EU, report indicates
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    Society

    This meant that Greece suffered a drop of 0.86 on the mark it gained in 2008. Only Ireland had a bigger...,” scoring 3.22. This is a full 2 points lower than the 2008 mark and well below the EU average of 5.7.

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