Final budget sees strong growth, fiscal overperformance in 2018

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Final budget sees strong growth, fiscal overperformance in 2018

EconomyMacroeconomy 22/11/2017 - 12:00 Tags: Budget, Debt, GDP, MoF, Revenues

The Finance Ministry tabled in Parliament on Tuesday evening the final version of the 2018 budget, which the government hopes will be the last budget of the memorandum era as the current European Stability Mechanism programme is set to be completed in August next year.

According to the documents handed over to the parliamentary speaker on Tuesday by Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis, the government is making a significant concession on the growth front for 2017.

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