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Budget continues to perform strongly in July as VAT beats target by over 1 bln
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Energy propels rise of 19.6% YoY in June industrial turnover
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Current account deficit improves in June, rises to 9.54 bln in first half of year
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Central govt debt rises to 402.64 bln in Q2 on back of repos and bonds increases
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Greece extends debt prepayment strategy with first repayment of EFSF loans
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Primary balance at 5.73 bln up to July as RRF-related spending revs up
Budget primary surplus of 2.1 bln in 2-month on large underspend in Feb
The budget primary balance posted a surplus of 2.12 billion euros in the 2-month period of 2017, 25.6 percent lower than the respective figure of 2.85 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Tuesday.
This year’s primary surplus beat the target by 1.26 billion. This largely reflects primary expenditure coming in 866 million below the target, coupled with a gross revenue (revenues before tax refunds) outperformance of 517 million.
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