Current amount of IMF/EU loans to Greece: €240 billion (US $397bn).

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Greek Account Deficit 2012 2.9% of GDP

Greek Account Deficit 2011 9.9% of GDP

Greek Account Deficit 2008 14.7% of GDP

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GDP estimate (4th quarter 2012):-6.0%

GDP estimate (3rd quarter):-7.2%

GDP estimate (2nd quarter):-6.3%

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Greek foreign exchange reserve Dec 2012: €5.5 Bn

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Unemployment Oct 2012: 26.8%

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Import Price Index - Greece is heavily dependent upon import items. Increase of 2.4% calculated between June 2012 and June 2011.

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Demographics:ELSTAT put the population of Greece ("registered population") at 9,903,628 for 2011.

Population of Athens:

• Municipality: 655,780
• Metropolitan: 3,737,550
• Urban: 3,074,160

2012 estimates non-Greek immigrants at over 800,000 (legal) and 350,000+ (illegal) in Greece.

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Troika Midterm Plan for Greece (2011)

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Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese amazon.com

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Credit Ratings around the world

Nice interactive world map that shows the credit ratings for sovereign nations around the planet. That's right: Greece has a burning red "substantial risk" rating at present.

With national ratings and global banks all experiencing a phenomenon of credit rating 'adjustments', I don't know for how long this chart will be accurate.

Entire chart at chartbin.com

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Bust: Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis - By Matthew Lynn amazon.com

Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community - By Jason Manolopoulos amazon.com

Understanding the Crisis in Greece: From Boom to Bust - By Theodore Pelagidis amazon.com

The Imminent Crisis: Greek Debt and the Collapse of the European Monetary Union amazon.com

Eyewitness Greece - Athens and the Mainland - 352 Pages

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