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Primary surplus 3.1 bln above target in H1 on severe underspend

EconomyMacroeconomy 23/07/2015 - 15:20 Tags: Budget, MoF, Revenues, Taxes

Greece’s budget primary surplus widened to 1.88 billion euros in the first six months of 2015 from 1.51 billion in the five-month period, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget bulletin published on Thursday.

The figures confirmed the preliminary data released on July 14.

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