Hellenic Statistical Authority

Residential construction in Greece continued to slow in the first half of this year, as only 4,055 new houses were completed in the year to end-June against 4,719 in the same period last year, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Wednesday. This constitutes an annual decline of 14 percent.

Households saw their disposable income shrink by 5.5 billion euros last year, compared to 2014, according to data issued by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), illustrating that Greek families suffered a major drop in income while the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government was negotiating changes to the bailout program with the creditors.

Greece's headline consumer price index fell by 0.5 percent year-on-year last month, with the annual pace of deflation slowing from -1.0 percent in September, Hellenic Statistical Authority data showed on Thursday.

This is the 44th consecutive month of deflation for the Greek economy.

The number of new and used vehicles put into circulation for the first time rose last month to 9,479, showing a 20-percent rise from October 2015's figure of 7,897, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) reported on Tuesday.

ELSTAT said that the increase comes after a dip of 13.8 percent between October 2015 and October 2014.

Greek exports posted a 16.6 percent annual increase in September, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data. Excluding fuel products, the yearly rise comes to 12 percent.

The number of adoptions in Greece hit its lowest level in a decade last year, a drop apparently attributable to the repercussions of the financial crisis as well as a nine-month strike by Greek lawyers which ended in September.

Households' disposable income fell again in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2015, while consumer spending recorded a decline too. In contrast, investments posted a steady rise year-on-year, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Wednesday.

The draft budget's projections for 2017 are being scrutinized by the country's creditors and their chief representatives are demanding more data to verify the credibility of the Finance Ministry's assessments.

Greek general government revenues from income and property taxes amounted to 5.244 billion euros (or 25.4 pct of total revenues) in the second quarter of 2016, down from 5.301 billion (26.9 pct of total) in the corresponding period last year, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) reported on Monday.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday revised last year's fiscal result down by half a percentage point of gross domestic product, after processing updated figures and the adjustment of the GDP data.