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  "title": "Greek private-sector deposits rose €2.8bn in September 2026, but 85% came from businesses, not households",
  "dek": "The Bank of Greece's September 2026 figures show deposits still rising, a day after ELSTAT found that households spent more than their income in 2025. The two fit together less awkwardly once you see whose money is growing.",
  "description": "Greek private-sector bank deposits rose €2,787m in September 2026, Bank of Greece data show, but businesses supplied about 85%. Households added €428m.",
  "language": "en",
  "section": "economy",
  "format": "analysis",
  "published": "2026-10-28T07:37:00.000Z",
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  "glance": [
    "Greek private-sector bank deposits rose €2,787m in September 2026, and businesses supplied €2,358m of that, about 85%, by our calculation.[S1]",
    "Household deposits rose €428m in September 2026, and their annual growth rate rose to 3.9%, against 23.0% for business deposits.[S1]",
    "Growth in bank credit to the Greek private sector slowed to 6.0% a year in September 2026 from 7.3% in August; credit to individuals grew 2.3% a year.[S1]"
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  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "in.gr headlined the September figures as a €3.14bn rise in deposits of «ιδιωτών», private individuals.[S6]",
      "finding": "The €3,140m figure is the rise in total deposits, including the general government's €353m.[S1] Private-sector deposits rose €2,787m, and those of households and non-profit institutions only €428m.[S1]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "The ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ text, as run by iefimerida, described a €428m rise and a €157.3bn balance as deposits of «νοικοκυριά και επιχειρήσεις», households and businesses.[S3]",
      "finding": "The €428m rise belongs to households and private non-profit institutions alone; business deposits are a separate series, which rose €2,358m.[S1] Naftemporiki gives the household balance as €157.378bn, which rounds to €157.4bn.[S2]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "newsit.gr and ieidiseis.gr called €227.2bn of private deposits a «ρεκόρ 15ετίας», a 15-year record.[S4][S5]",
      "finding": "The text of the Bank of Greece release gives no balances and makes no record claim.[S1] Neither outlet says which earlier month the figure surpassed.[S4][S5]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "dealnews.gr reported that businesses took «σχεδόν το 85%», almost 85%, of the private sector's net new deposits in September 2026.[S7]",
      "finding": "Businesses added €2,358m of the private sector's €2,787m, which is 84.6%, by our calculation.[S1]"
    }
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  "unknowns": [
    "Whether €227.2bn of private deposits is really the highest level in 15 years, and which earlier month it surpassed. The Bank of Greece release makes no such claim, and we could not reach its full data series.",
    "How September's €126m of net new credit to individuals splits between housing loans and consumer loans. Neither the release text nor the reports we read gives the breakdown.",
    "ELSTAT's household saving ratio for the second and third quarters of 2026. We found no published figure as of 28 October 2026.",
    "How households funded spending above their income in 2025: by running down deposits, borrowing or selling assets. Bank of Greece financial accounts would show the split; we could not reach them.",
    "Whether household deposits fell by about €1.03bn in the first quarter of 2026, as ot.gr reported. We have not checked this against the Bank of Greece's monthly data.",
    "Why business deposits are growing by 23% a year. None of the sources we read gives a reason."
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      "publisher": "Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος (Bank of Greece)",
      "title": "Bank credit and deposits: September 2026",
      "date": "2026-10-27",
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      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "Ναυτεμπορική (Naftemporiki)",
      "title": "ΤτΕ: Άλμα 2,358 δισ. στις καταθέσεις των επιχειρήσεων τον Σεπτέμβριο, 428 εκατ. έβαλαν στην άκρη τα νοικοκυριά",
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      "url": "https://www.ieidiseis.gr/oikonomia/899066/trapezikes-katatheseis-rekor-15etias-septemvrios-2026/",
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      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "in.gr",
      "title": "ΤτΕ: Αυξημένες κατά 3,14 δισ. οι καταθέσεις ιδιωτών τον Σεπτέμβριο",
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      "publisher": "dealnews.gr",
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