Greece won some short-term debt relief from European creditors on Monday even though it failed to clear the latest hurdle in its bailout program that has prevented the country from going bankrupt and crashing out of the euro.

At a meeting of the 19 eurozone finance ministers in Brussels, Greece's creditors offered some immediate help to the cash-strapped Greek government.

Among the measures offered were a smoothing of some of Greece's repayment profile in order to prevent debt repayment humps on the way and a waiving of an interest rate increase that was due to take effect next year. In return for successfully enacting a wide-ranging package of economic reforms and budgetary restraints, Greece's creditors promised earlier this year to offer some debt relief measures for both the short and long term.

“They are much more ambitious measures than we expected in May or hoped for, so that's very promising,” said Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos. “This will start helping the Greek economy all at once.”

Though successive governments have slashed spending and raised taxes, Greece is still lumbered by high debt of more than 175 percent of annual GDP. Services expand at fast pace

U.S. services companies expanded last month at their fastest pace in more than a year, an encouraging sign for the economy.

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade organization of purchasing managers, said Monday that its services index reached 57.2 in November, up from 54.8 in October and the highest level since it hit 58.3 in October 2015. Anything above 50 signals growth.

The services industry has now grown for 82 straight months. Fourteen services industries reported growth last month; only two contracted.

The ISM says services companies reported that production, hiring and new export orders all grew faster than they did in October.

Amazon tests register-free grocery

Amazon is testing a grocery store model in Seattle that works without checkout lines.

Called Amazon Go, shoppers scan their Amazon app when they enter the store, and then sensors register items that shoppers pick up and automatically charge them to the Amazon app. If a shopper puts the item back they aren't charged.

The store is in testing and is open to Amazon employees on a trial run. It is expected to open to the public in early 2017.

Amazon has also been dipping its toe into the physical realm. It has opened three bookstores in California, Oregon and Washington with traditional check outs. Two more are slated for Illinois and Massachusetts.