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General government primary cash surplus widens to 2.5 bln by May, arrears resume upward trend
EconomyMacroeconomyin the state budget (+480 million), while the primary cash balance of the social security funds (SSF... year. The absolute figures showed the primary cash surplus of the state budget reached 1.91 billion
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
percent in 2009. In spite of a higher budget allocation to food, Greeks dietary habits have taken... in the household budget allocation, falling to 5 percent of the monthly spend. Hotels, cafes
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
of the state budget posted a drop from last year. The breakdown showed revenues grew by 3.58 billion... monthly drop also includes arrears’ clearance of 970 million, according to the July budget execution
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Greece's taxing challenges
Agora. The draft budget for 2017, which was submitted to parliament this week, continues on this policy.... The draft budget stipulates additional taxation for private households and businesses totalling 2.5
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General government primary cash surplus to Oct rises to 6.1 bln, arrears slip to 6.3 bln
EconomyMacroeconomygovernments’ surplus widened by 421 million to 583 million, while the budget primary surplus narrowed... state budget and social security funds arrears declined by 217 and 50 million respectively
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The IMF and Greece's bitter pill
Agorathe budget target towards 3.5 percent of GDP will take an even larger toll on growth, will “reduce... implementation of a more growth friendly budget.” - Cuts have been so deep that “decaying
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Athens settles pension handout row, looks for review progress
EconomyProgrammemillion according to the General Accounting Office, is fully funded by the 2017 budget, the letter.... The 2017 budget foresees a primary surplus target of 1.91 billion euros for 2016, corresponding
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General govt primary cash surplus improves to 6.4 bln by Nov, arrears drop to 5.6 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the social security funds amounted to 1.61 billion. On the flipside, the state budget primary...), hospitals (-173 million) and state budget (-171 million) partly offset by tax refunds (+157
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PBO warns of recovery risks, fourth bailout and possible default
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its quarterly report published on Friday, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) urged for a swift conclusion of the programme review and implementation of the necessary reforms, which could lead... as in operational expenditure. Therefore, the report notes that the expenditure ceilings included in 2017 budget
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General govt primary cash surplus improves to 1.4 bln in Jan, arrears rise to 4.8 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyby 315 million to 246 million in January. In addition, the primary surplus of the state budget as well...) and extrabudgetary funds (+14 million). On the flipside, state budget and tax refunds’ arrears eased by 11
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