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Business loans drive credit growth of 10.7 pct in Sep
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Corporate deposits propel savings increase to 208 bln in Sep
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Despite recovery in previous three months, building permits down 9.9 pct YoY to July
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Strong VAT, income tax revenue and restrained spending drive strong primary surplus in Sep
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Travel receipts up by 10.5 pct YoY in Aug on back of 7.5 mln arrivals in
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Hiring balance improves by more than 18,000 jobs up to Aug
Budget primary surplus at 1.94 bln in H1, beating target by 1.5 bln on underspend
The budget primary surplus was confirmed at 1.94 billion euros in the first half of 2017, up by 18.6 percent from last year’s figure of 1.63 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin showed on Monday.
The headline figure beat the target by 1.51 billion euros due to a strong underspend. The primary expenditure came in 1.16 billion euros lower than the target, coupled with higher than targeted Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance and slightly higher ...
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