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Car sales record modest rise in August, up 3.3 pct YoY in 8M
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Electricity drags industrial production down by 0.5 pct YoY in July
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August CPI moderates sligthly to 2.9 pct YoY, rents climb by 10.9 pct
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Trade deficit growth slows to 4 pct YoY in July driven by oil and non-EU markets
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Q2 GDP moderates further to 1.7 pct YoY as households spending slows
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Jobs in education lead negative hiring balance of 20,728 in July
Significant revenue outperformance drives budget primary surplus to 4.4 bln in 2016
Greece’s budget primary surplus stood at 4.39 billion in 2016, almost double the 2015 figure of 2.27 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Tuesday.
The headline figure beat the full-year target by 2.41 billion largely due to revenue outperformance (by 1.82 billion) also supported by lower Public Investment Budget (PIB) deficit (by 258 million) and underspend (by 246 million).
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