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Greek Unemployment Rate Falls to New Record-Low Levels
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.5 percent of the workforce in November of 2019, the latest month for which official data is available.
The unemployment rate during the same month in 2018 was 18.6 percent, dropping to 16.6 percent in...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Continues Downward Trend; Falls to 16.9% in July
The unemployment rate in Greece fell to 16.9 percent of the workforce in July of 2019, from a level of 19.1 percent seen exactly one year earlier and 17.1 percent in June of this year, the Hellenic (Greek) Statistical Authority...
Greece
Greek Unemployment Falls to 17.6 Percent in April, Lowest Since 2011
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 17.6 per cent of the workforce in April 2019 from 18.2 per cent in March and 19.8 pct in April last year, the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said in a report on Thursday.
This...
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Greek Unemployment at 19.2 Percent in First Quarter of 2019
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 19.2 percent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2019. This rate is a substantial decrease from the 21.2 percent seen in the same period last year, but an increase from the...
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Greek Unemployment Down 2.1 Percent in February of 2019 Compared to Year Prior
The Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) issued a report on Thursday which shows that unemployment in Greece fell from 20.6 percent in February of 2018 to 18.5 percent in February of 2019.
The unemployment rate also recorded a small decline on a...
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Greek Unemployment in December Lowest Since July of 2011
Greece's jobless rate dropped to 18% in December from a downwardly-revised 18.3% in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
December's unemployment rate was the lowest reading since July of 2011.
Seasonally-adjusted data showed the...
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Greek Unemployment Falls; Still Highest in Europe
The Greek unemployment rate fell slightly to 18.6 percent of the workforce in September 2018 from a level of 18.9 percent in August, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
In its latest report, released this week, the E.U. statistics agency said that...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Drops to 18.6%
The unemployment rate in Greece, dropped to 18.6 percent in September 2018, coming down three-tenths of a percent from the rate of 18.9 the previous month.
The new, seasonally-adjusted rate represents a 2.2 percent decrease from the rate of 20.8...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Drops to Lowest Level Since 2011
Greek unemployment rate fell to 18.9 percent of the workforce in August, falling to its lowest level since August 2011, according to figures released on Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
The number of unemployed people fell by 95,760...
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Greek Unemployment Falls in May
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 19.5 percent (seasonally adjusted) in May from 21.7 percent in May 2017 and 20 percent in April 2018, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday.
In a monthly report the statistics service said...
Economy
New Data Shows Greek Unemployment Down in March
Greece's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March 2018 was 20.1 percent compared to 22.1 percent in March 2017 and the downward revised rate of 20.6 percent in February 2018, the Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday.
The number of employed...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Remains High, Despite Eurozone Decline
Greek unemployment remains among the highest in the eurozone, it was revealed on Thursday.
Although official data from Eurostat showed eurozone unemployment fell to 8.5 percent in March -- the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008...
Greece
Greek Unemployment Eases to 20.6% in January
The Greek unemployment rate eased to 20.6 pct in January from 20.8 percent in December 2017 and the upwardly revised rate of 23.2 percent in January 2017 the, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday.
The statistics service said that the...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Remains Highest in Eurozone
Greece had the dubious distinction of continuing to top the eurozone's unemployment rate table on Thursday.
Eurostat reported that the eurozone average was 8.6 percent but that Greece still had an unemployment rate of 20.9 percent as of November 2017.
However,...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Falls, Remains EU's Highest
Greece recorded the biggest percentage decline in the unemployment rate among EU countries in October 2017, falling to 20.7 percent of the workforce from 23.3 pct in October 2016, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
However, in a report released in Brussels,...