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Unemployment drops further in Sep, dipping to 9.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. In September last year, the unemployment rate was 10.7... in May 2008. Year-on-year, the number of employed people increased by 66,317 people, with total... at 1.36 million out of job in July 2013. The inactive population decreased by 16,974 people year
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Unemployment rate edges up to 9.8 pct in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday. In October last year, the unemployment rate was 10.8 percent... low is a 7.1 percent unemployment rate in May 2008. Year-on-year, the number of employed people... population decreased by 45,427 people year-on-year and stands at 3.02 million. The unemployment rate
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Newsletter 449 - 31/01/2025
. The first opinion polls of the year suggested that New Democracy’s support had started to edge up again... the tax burden. Since the turn of the year government officials have been briefing that the Finance... from tackling tax evasion and certain tax reforms, an extra 1.2 billion euros could come this year
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A closer look at Greece's 2013 budget primary surplus of 603 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion the previous year, according to the final data released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF... for the full year. The latter stems from a 7.4 and 6.6 percent decrease in VAT revenues and consumption..., leading the full year figure down 6.9 percent to 44.23 billion, which was 601 million better than
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomymillion posted in the first half of the year, according to the final budget execution bulletin released... billion recorded in the first half of the year. However, compared to the figures posted in the corresponding period last year, the primary surplus is lower by 10.8 percent, while the budget deficit
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
of the leftists coming to power early next year with the review still pending and no firm agreement... and the government sets a date for early elections next year. This idea was floated over the last few weeks but met..., with the banking index nosediving 45 percent since the beginning of the year. More than half
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Budget revenues rebound in August but shortfall remains at 4.2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyfrom 1.95 billion euros last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget figures showed on Wednesday. However, the year to date outperformance further eased from 724 million in the 7-month to 537 million in the 8-month period. The over-performance so far this year reflects lower primary
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
a lower recession for this year at around 1.5 percent vis-à-vis the institutions’ official estimate... of 1.3 percent. Our understanding is that this year’s budget targets should also be revisited. Last year...) with the budget primary surplus seen at 5.75 billion. However, as this year’s fiscal target has been After
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Jan-Feb budget primary surplus soars to 3.04 bln, aided by underspend and PIB revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros from 1.24 billion last year, according to Wednesday’s Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget bulletin... (PIB) revenues, which grew by more than 1 billion euros from last year, coupled with an increase... billion, vis-à-vis a deficit of 194 million last year, with this year’s figure standing 1.94 billion above
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesAfter a bumper tourism year in Greece last year, where an estimated 25 million visitors beat... Council also gives reason to be optimistic about Greece’s tourism prospects this year and in the long-term. It forecasts a small dip in revenue from tourism this year, 0.5 percent, and for the next decade
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