Budget primary surplus at 2.33 bln in April on strong PIB underspend

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Budget primary surplus at 2.33 bln in April on strong PIB underspend

EconomyMacroeconomy 15/05/2018 - 11:30 Tags: MoF, Revenues, Taxes

The budget primary balance came to a surplus of 2.33 billion euros in the first four months of 2018, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin for April showed on Monday.

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