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Budget primary surplus of 1.73 bln outperforms target, tax revenues fall short in April
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary surplus was confirmed at 1.73 billion euros for the first four months of 2017, down by 9.4 percent from last year’s figure of 1.9 billion. The figure was 928 million euros above the target, the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) final budget execution bulletin showed on Wednesday
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Lenders provide words of support and warning regarding debt talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsor what kind of compromise could emerge. Speaking at an Economist conference in Frankfurt, Finance
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 48.1 mln in Q1, Greek NPE formation turns slightly negative on write-offs
EconomyBankingby inflows of 600 million from its participation in a project finance transaction in Greece which related
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Q1 GDP provides a positive surprise with 0.4 pct quarterly growth
EconomyMacroeconomy’s share of GDP, making up 70.5 percent of the total figure in Q1. The latest Finance Ministry (MoF
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Athens unsettled by speculation about proposal at June 15 Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens and Berlin went up a notch on Thursday, when Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble claimed
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General govt primary cash surplus rises to 2.6 bln in 4-month, arrears fall below 5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus edged up by 35 million euros from the previous year to 2.63 billion in the 4-month period of 2017, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin showed. Social security funds (SSFs) were the only subsector recording a notable improvement
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OECD sees GDP growth of 1.1 pct in 2017, stresses structural reforms and debt relief
EconomyMacroeconomyprivate-sector finance and expertise to key economic sectors on top of generating additional revenues
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Unemployment rate falls to new five-year low of 22.5 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomythe jobless rate to settle at 22.2 percent, while the Finance Ministry and the European Commission
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CPI growth slows to 1.2 pct in May
EconomyMacroeconomyyears. The Finance Ministry and the European Commission are expecting HICP to increase by 1.2 percent
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Aided by underspend, budget primary surplus reaches 1.84 bln in 5-month, 792 mln above target
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 1.84 billion euros in the 5-month period of 2017, up by 26.5 percent from last year’s figure of 1.46 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin showed on Wednesday. As we noted a month ago, the MoF updated in the May
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