Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.05 bln in July on lower PIB expenditure

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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.05 bln in July on lower PIB expenditure

EconomyMacroeconomy 27/08/2018 - 11:43 Tags: MoF, Revenues, Taxes

The budget primary balance was confirmed at a surplus of 2.05 billion euros in the first seven months of 2018, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin for July showed on Friday. Last year’s figure for the same period came to 3.02 billion.

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