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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-15
CONTENTS
[01] Credit conditions worsen in Jan-Nov
[02] Q3 retail sector jobs cut
[01] Credit conditions worsen in Jan-Nov
(���-MPA) -- Credit conditions improved slightly in November, with the
value of bounced checks falling 15.87 pct to 189.2 million euros,
compared with the corresponding month in 2008, while volume fell 11.3
pct to 19,177 bounced checks.
Credit conditions, however, worsened in the 11-month period from
January to November, with the value of bounced checks totaling 2.8
billion euros and volume totaling 286,586, up 42.35 pct and 23.47 pct
compared with the same period in 2008, respectively.
The value of unpaid bills totaled 21.2 million euros in November
(12,199 in volume), down 8.03 pct and 6.16 pct compared with November
2008 last year, while for the 11-month period the value totaled 228
million euros and volume was 138,505.
[02] Q3 retail sector jobs cut
The employment composite index in the retail sector fell 2.1 pct in the
third quarter of 2009, compared with the corresponding period last
year, after an increase of 1.9 pct recorded in the third quarter of
2008, the National Statistical Service said on Tuesday.
The statistics service, in a report, said the employment rate in the
food store category was unchanged in the July-September period, after
an increase of 2.6 pct in the same period in 2008. The employment rate
in other store category dropped 5.2 pct this year, after an increase of
1.1 pct last year.
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