Budget primary surplus at 3.07 bln in Mar on back of 2022 tax collections, underspend

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Budget primary surplus at 3.07 bln in Mar on back of 2022 tax collections, underspend

EconomyMacroeconomy 20/04/2023 - 09:51 Tags: Budget, MoF

The budget primary balance came to a surplus of 3.07 billion euros in March, compared to a deficit of 1.65 billion euros in the same period of 2022, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday.

In the first three months of the year, the budget outperformed by 3.04 billion euros.

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