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Household expenditure edges up again in 2018, still well below pre-crisis level
Society, of the family budget on food. For non-poor households,19.2 percent of the budget is spent on food..., the expenditure of such households on health comes to 9.2 percent of the family budget, while
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General govt primary cash surplus at 4.35 bln in Aug, arrears up by 270 mln
EconomyMacroeconomygovernments fell by 254 million euros to stand at 159 million euros. Overall, the state budget... by state budget arrears (+17 million) and extrabudgetary funds (+6 million). Declines were seen... (+207 million), state budget (+29 million) and local governments (+7 million). Declines were noted
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicstax and pension reforms as well as the adoption of the 2020 budget. Parliament’s full assembly... by removing some bureaucratic hurdles, while House committees are to start analysing the draft budget... prepare to share out the additional surplus from this year’s budget, which has been estimated at 380
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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
ND moves ahead with agenda Development bill through, draft budget in focus as deal in sight over... is more likely next year. Parliamentary committees also began analysing this week the draft budget... can prepare to share out the additional surplus from this year’s budget, which has been estimated
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EC sees growth at 1.8 pct for 2019, rising to 2.3 pct in 2020 and fiscal targets in reach
EconomyMacroeconomyin the draft budget estimate growth will reach 2.8 percent next year, mostly led by a substantial... are associated to a slowdown in foreign demand and an under-execution of the public investment budget... budget is worth 0.6 percent of GDP and includes a 4-percentage point reduction in corporate taxation
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Newsletter 227 -08/11/2019
package that the Greek authorities incorporated in next year’s budget is worth 0.6 percent of GDP... budget primary balance rising by 2.37 billion euros and landing at 4.55 billion euros, compared... last year was 1.81 billion. The breakdown of the state budget primary balance figures showed
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturesin the accompanying report to the 2020 budget and they appear significantly lower, totalling 1.2 billion euros... to be approved in the context of the regular annual budget and the country’s debt relief agreement... as a 2,000-euro cash bonus for new babies. The latter is the only new spending measure in the 2020 budget
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General govt primary cash surplus at 7.50 bln in October, arrears fall by 54 mln
EconomyMacroeconomygovernments fell by 235 million euros to stand at 211 million euros. Overall, the state budget primary... noted in four out of the six underlying subcategories. The biggest increase came from state budget...), state budget arrears (+51 million) and local governments (+15 million). At 33.7 percent
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General govt primary cash surplus at 8.84 bln in November, arrears fall by 195 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybudget primary balance showed a rise of 2.89 billion euros, landing at 7.28 billion euros this year.... This was followed by tax refunds (-48 million), state budget (-27 million) SSFs (-23 million), extrabudgetary funds... increase was seen in tax refunds (+274 million), followed by hospitals (+60 million), state budget
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Newsletter 236 -24/01/2020
Revenues (IAPR) and the public investment budget. It is reported that the institutions did not raise any... of unused surpluses from one year’s budget to the next. If approved, this could secure up to 4 billion... billion euros of fiscal space in the 2021 budget and at least 400-500 million euros in the current
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