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Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2 The evolution of turnover indices for the services sector showed a worsening performance in Q2 2014, with 10 out of the 14 types of services, or specific activities of services as they are referred to, posting a negative growth, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Building activity falls 10.7 pct in June after brief rise in May After a short-lived rise of 1.2 percent in May, the number of building permits issued in Greece fell by 10.7 percent in June, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Greek unemployment rate hovers at 27 pct in June The seasonally adjusted jobless rate further slipped to 27 percent in June following a downward revised 27.1 percent recorded in May, according to the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT).
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Greek CPI down by 0.3 pct in August as rate of decline slows for third month in a row The decline in the Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed down for the third successive month to -0.3 percent in August from -0.7 percent in July, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Industrial production drops 2.1 pct in July but rate of decline slows The rate of drop in the Greek Industrial Production Index (IPI) slowed to 2.1 percent in July after a revised 5.4 percent decline in June, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Car sales up by 20.8 pct in August but rise continues to slow The rate of increase in the number of road motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time slowed for the second consecutive month to 20.8 percent in August from 25.9 percent in July, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Q2 GDP contraction at 0.3 pct, strong Q3 needed to achieve target of annual growth Greek non-seasonally-adjusted GDP contracted 0.3 percent year on year (YoY) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014 from -1.1 percent in Q1, according to the provisional data published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) today.
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Small but rare rise of 0.4 pct for Greek retail turnover in June The turnover of Greece’s retail trade index rebounded 0.4 percent year on year (YoY) in June after falling by a revised 8.3 percent in May, according to the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT).
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Greek trade deficit rises by 7.4 pct in June but rate of increase slows After a double-digit rise in the preceding four months, the rate of increase in Greece’s trade deficit decelerated to 7.4 percent in June from 21.9 percent in May, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Services help increase Greek current account surplus to 1.37 bln in June Greece's June current account (C/A) balance showed the country’s surplus widening by 53 percent to 1.37 billion euros from 898 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG).