Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-10-09
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[01] Almunia satisfied with deal on revised Greek GDP
[01] Almunia satisfied with deal on revised Greek GDP
EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia late Monday expressed
satisfaction over an agreement reached a few hours earlier between the
Greek and EU services on revised GDP figures for Greece.
Speaking in Luxembourg after a meeting of eurozone finance ministers,
Almunia said the agreement between the EU's statistics service Eurostat
and Greece's national statistics service was an example of correct
cooperation between the two sides, while he assessed that the increase
in Greek GDP would be approved in the near future by the relevant EU
committee.
Almunia also cited efforts Greece has made in order to achieve fiscal
balance by 2010, while regarding the draft 2008 state budget --
recently tabled in Parliament -- he described it as positive and
ambitious with respect to further reductions of Greece's fiscal
deficit, noting however, that risks of deviations from the target also
existed.
Greece's Gross Domestic Product, with a base year of 2000, grew by 9.6
percent, according to revised figures by the country's statistical
service, which were released on Monday.
The Greek agency said the figure was the result of cooperation between
Eurostat and its services, in the framework of the European Statistics
System. The cooperation completed a revision of the national accounts
system with a base year of 2000. The revision was based on a 2001
census and a new series of updated statistics of primary research in
commerce, transport, construction and hotel sectors.
Caption: A file photo shows EU Commission Joaquin Almunia speaking at a
conference in Athens on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. ANA-MPA / M. KIAOU.
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