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Greek primary budget surplus at 707 mln as revenues beat target in May
Economyto 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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Deposits rise for third straight month in May, reaching 162.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomysurpassed 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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Credit contracts at slower rate of 3.5 pct in May, balances down to 214.3 bln
EconomyMacroeconomythe 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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Greek PMI falls to 49.4 in June, lowest since November 2013
EconomyMacroeconomythe 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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Greek unemployment rate hovers at 27 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomythe 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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Greece is least socially just country in EU, report indicates
SocietyThis 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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Greek deposit and loan rates slide in September
EconomyMacroeconomy, time deposit rate peaked marginally above the 5-percent mark in June 2012, while follows... lending segments, the rate in housing loans resumed above the 3-percent mark at 3.11 percent, more
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Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence up again in November
EconomyMacroeconomyis the fifth reading above the 100-point mark in 2014 and the third highest for the year. The peak this year... and is the first below the -50-point mark since July. The peak this year was in June at -47.7. In addition
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Greek unemployment falls for seventh straight month, down to 25.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin May. Female unemployment remained below the 30-percent mark for the second straight month at 29.5... increasing slightly MoM, youth unemployment stayed marginally below the 50-percent mark at 49.8 percent
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Q3 unemployment falls to 25.5 pct, lowest since 2012, but long-term jobless reach new high
EconomyMacroeconomy. The headline figure is the first reading below the 26-percent mark since Q3 2012. Note that the quarterly... the 27-percent mark in all cases. In contrast, the unemployment rate in the Southern Aegean and the Ionian
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