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  1. Building activity falls 10.7 pct in June after brief rise in May

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    at an accelerating pace of 17.9 and 39.9 percent respectively. The year on year drop in June building permits... the highest drop at 27.8 and 27.1 percent respectively. In contrast, permits in South Aegean and Crete soared... 7.3 percent in Q2, while the cumulative drop stands at 36.3 percent from the peak posted in Q3 2008

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  2. Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , the performance of 8 services had been in negative territory. The highest drop in Q2 was displayed... the previous quarter. The other 7 services with negative growth recorded a single digit drop in Q2... and support (down 65.8 percent) posted the highest QoQ drop, followed by information service activities

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  3. Greek primary budget surplus to August narrows to 1.95 bln on lower revenues

    Economy

    in July. This is mainly attributed to a month on month (MoM) drop in revenues to 3.51 billion, broadly... billion. The rate of drop in revenues (excluding tax refunds) accelerated to 19 percent in August... by 0.6 percent in August. However, the 8-month figure points to a 5.1 percent drop to 27 billion

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  4. Greek trade deficit widens by 29.4 pct in July as import rate soars

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    last year. The evolution in July reflects a slight drop in exports by 1.1 percent and an increase... rate stems from a drop in exports by 4 percent and a rise in imports by 2.2 percent. The absolute..., the 7-month exports recorded a slightly slower drop at 2.9 percent, while imports showed a higher

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  5. Retail sales rise in July for second straight month - not seen since 2010
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the highest drop in 7-month retail turnover, followed by food, beverages and tobacco (down 6.3 percent... 5 years, with furniture, electrical and household equipment exhibiting by far the sharpest drop... it recorded a cumulative drop of 8 points since then. The retail trade confidence fell by more than 9

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  6. Deflation rises again in Greece: CPI down by 0.8 pct in September

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and footwear prices recorded a sharp rise of 35.6 percent MoM in August, following a double-digit drop in each... (down 2.4 percent). A more moderate drop in prices was displayed in recreation and culture (-2... deflationary year in 2014, with the CPI expected to drop by 0.8 percent. This follows a decline of 0.9 percent

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  7. Greek industry's turnover index on the slide again in August after previous rises

    Economy

    . In addition, the average index over the trailing 12 months is down by 4.8 percent. The drop in August.... In contrast, the respective figure for the non-domestic market posted a double-digit drop (-10.3 percent... percent), while for the non-euroarea countries the drop was slower at -9.5 percent. All main industrial

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  8. August sees third Greek C/A surplus in a row, reaching 1.82 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the trade deficit by 3.8 percent stems from a drop in both imports and exports by 5.7 and 7.3 percent.../A surplus stems from an increase in the services’ surplus (by 2.05 billion) and a drop in the income... by 11.1 percent to 8.37 billion. The changes in the other C/A components showed that the drop

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  9. Newsletter 2 - 07/11/2014

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    decreased in October with production posting a drop for the third time in the last four months. Exports... in September but the drop accelerated to 8.7 percent. September’s performance is the seventh... drop of 7.2 percent. Imports resumed an upward trend in September, rising by 7.4 percent after

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  10. National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
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    EconomyBanking

    by a modest 1 percent QoQ. The yearly drop mainly stems from a double-digit decrease in personnel... percent more than offsetting a drop in state deposits by 26 percent. As a result, loan to deposit ratio... peers. After a significant drop particularly in Q2 by 7 billion, Eurosystem funding eased by only

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