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Central government debt rises to 403.2 bln in Q2, cash reserves near 42 bln
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Industrial turnover stable in June after marginal 0.1 pct YoY rise
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Oil balance and drop in exports pushes current account to 1.19 bln deficit in June
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Significantly contained spending pushes July primary surplus 4.36 bln above target
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Energy continues to drive import price drop as June records 4.7 pct YoY fall
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Car market still buoyant as sales rise by 2.8 pct YoY in July
Signifcant underspend covers revenue shortfall for budget primary surplus to August
Greece’s budget primary surplus significantly improved to 3.8 billion in the 8-month period of 2015 from 1.95 billion last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget data displayed on Thursday. Today’s figures confirm preliminary the preliminary data released on September 16.
Compared to target, the actual figure indicates an outperformance of 535 million so far this year. This is attributed to lower primary expenditure (by 2.8 billion), military procurement (by 361 million) and tax refunds (by 250 million) as well as higher...
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