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Economy
Greek Jobless Rate Hits 18.4% as Economy Tanks
ATHENS – As Greece waited on a new coalition government needed to keep international loans coming and prevent the country’s bankruptcy, the austerity measures that go along with them have driven the unemployment rate to 18.4%.
That came as hundreds...
Economy
Statistician Says Greece Played Numbers Game, Inflated Deficit
ATHENS – Charges by a former board member of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) that the government deliberately inflated the size of the 2009 economic deficit has prompted an investigation into possible wrongdoing and a criminal complaint that its...