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Industrial production rises by 5.2 pct in Dec, its highest growth rate since 2007
EconomyMacroeconomy, capital goods, recorded a drop by 5.5 percent. In contrast, production of consumer durables grew... breakdown of the various industrial sectors showed strong growth in computers, electronic
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Gov't proposes easing impact of pension reforms on self-employed for three years
EconomyIn an effort to calm the strong objections raised by the self-employed (doctors, engineers and lawyers), who are insured in the United Fund of Independent Employees (ETAA), Labour Minister Giorgos... and 20,000 euros the picture is mixed: Engineers would see a modest drop of 2.7 percent, doctors a marginal
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Unemployment down slightly to 24.6 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomyby 42,600, largely due to the strong tourism season that mitigated the uncertainty surrounding... indicate a drop in the unemployment rate from 25.1 percent to 24 percent in 2016 and further to 22.8
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Jan-Feb budget primary surplus soars to 3.04 bln, aided by underspend and PIB revenues
EconomyMacroeconomythe target of 1.07 billion by 1.97 billion, which is explained by the strong underspend (primary... was mostly evident in February when the relevant figure declined by 8.7 percent after a modest drop
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Economic sentiment rebounds in March, consumer confidence nosedives
EconomyMacroeconomyGreeceās economic sentiment improved by 1.1 points to 90.1 in March after a drop of 2.6 points in February, European Commission (EC) data showed on Wednesday. The March headline figure is the second... recording strong gains of 34.2 points over the preceding six months. The construction indicator
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Underspend and improving revenues lead to budget primary surplus of 2.67 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy(before tax refunds) by around 500 million euros, a drop in expenditure by almost 280 million... in March, after a strong performance of 1.52 billion in the 2-month period. The relevant expenditure
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Greek stocks climb 3.8 pct during week amid increasing optimism on swift agreement
EconomyThe Greek stock market climbed 3.8 percent this week amid improving sentiment an agreement between Greece and its lenders could be reached soon. The strong rebound was also accompanied with increased... available to PPC. The outlook remains negative. Hellenic Telecom (OTE) posted a drop of 16.1 percent
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Greek stocks rebound 1.9 pct during week
Economy) this week but have posted strong gains of 20.3 percent over the last five weeks. The top outperformers..., weighed by a drop in sales by 6 percent to 1.05 billion, while EBITDA fell 15 percent to 79 million
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Industrial production rebounds 2.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyand 5.2 percent respectively, while capital goods was the only group recording a drop of 8.2 percent. Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas excelled, soaring by 209 percent, while strong double
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Budget primary surplus of 2.5 bln in first half of 2016, revenues rebound in June
EconomyMacroeconomymillion over-performance in May. Following the strong growth in June, the aggregate figure for the first... figure for the 6-month period now points to a rise by 3 percent compared to a drop of 1.1 percent
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