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Tsipras tries to entice voters with VAT cuts and pension bonuses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis year. Flanked by several of his ministers and speaking in front of a slogan reading “the time... Achtsioglou. The entire cost of the package of measures for this year is put at 1.14 billion euros... the same time next year. Achtsioglou and Tsakalotos took part in a press conference on Sunday, when
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Primary cash balance at surplus of 232 mln in Apr
EconomyMacroeconomyin the first four months of the year according to figures released by the Bank of Greece (BoG). The headline... to the post-programme cash buffer. The cash balance for the same time last year was 7.45 billion euros... for the first four months of the year showed that revenues rose by 96 million euros to 14.63 billion
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Newsletter 208 -31/05/2019
of GDP for this year, which allowed the Greek government to announce a set of expansionary measures... that the measures will throw this year’s budget off track. These concerns are likely to be highlighted... that the measures implemented for this year have thrown the budget off course and that the 3.5 percent of GDP
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Travel balance falls by 4.1 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance edged down to 200.3 million euros in April from 208.8 million a year ago... to 537.1 million euros for the month, increasing by 6.9 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments also.... During the first four months of the year, travel receipts rose by 22.8 percent to 1.3 billion euros
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Budget primary surplus at 382 mln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyof the year recorded a deficit of 2.69 billion euros compared to a deficit of 2.44 billion million euros seen in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance beat...) came to 3.55 billion euros compared to 5.21 billion a year ago, and was below the target by 587 million
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Current account balance shows surplus of 300.6 mln in May
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the same period last year, the balance came to a surplus of 37.5 million euros, suggesting a year-on-year... billion euros. The services balance improved to a surplus of 1.82 billion from 1.73 billion a year ago... to a surplus of 46.9 million euros, improving from a deficit of 145.6 million euros a year ago
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Travel balance up by 7.8 pct in May, aggregate visitors edge down 0.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros, increasing by 9.3 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments also increased by 18.4... five months of the year, travel receipts rose by 14.4 percent to 2.89 billion euros. Payments also... to 525.50 euros in the aggregate period, versus 455.20 euros for the same period last year
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Travel balance rises 15.7 pct in June, aggregate visitors drop 0.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros, increasing by 16.4 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments also increased by 25.3.... During the first half of the year, travel receipts rose by 15.3 percent to 5.51 billion euros. Payments... percent to 567.10 euros in the aggregate period, versus 489.20 euros for the same period last year
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.76 mln in July as revenues overtake expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomyto the same month last year when the figure stood at a surplus of 972 million euros, the current monthly... of the year recorded a deficit of 1.87 billion euros compared to a deficit of 2.15 billion million euros seen in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance
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Budget primary surplus at 2.90 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomy. Compared to the same month last year when the figure stood at a surplus of 2.23 million euros, the current... eight months of the year recorded a deficit of 1.59 billion euros compared to a deficit of 2.68 billion million euros seen in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period
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