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Primary cash surplus at 6.4 bln in year to date, expenditure rises during May
EconomyMacroeconomyarrears payments made in May, expenditure rose by 571 million euros. The Public Investment Budget... which came to 17 million euros. The preliminary budget execution figures released by the Finance
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June primary cash surplus at 6.49 bln as revenue increase offsets higher expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomyrose by 911 million euros. The Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance showed a deficit of 37 million... balance for last year which recorded a deficit of 75 million euros. The preliminary budget execution
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Growth conditions improving but more work needed over longer term, PBO suggests
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Parliament Budget Office's (PBO) second quarter (Q2) report, published recently, examined the current economic conditions in Greece but also how exports and imports have evolved during the crisis... crisis. Revenues and debts A breakdown of the government’s revenues showed that state budget net
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July primary cash surplus at 6.75 bln as revenue rise outstrips expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomythe arrears payments made in July, expenditure fell by 688 million euros. The Public Investment Budget... on a deficit of 47 million euros. The preliminary budget execution figures released by the Finance Ministry
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Tsipras bids farewell to MoU, eyes new start for Greece and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Yiannis Dragasakis suggested that next year’s budget might not include the 1 percent reduction... be examined as part of the discussion about Greece’s 2019 budget, which has to be tabled by October 16
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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeThe institutions have begun poring over Greece’s budget execution data as part of the first post-programme inspection, which will also include a close look at the pledges made by Prime Minister...-Claude Juncker’s spokesman Margaritis Schinas noting that Greece’s 2019 budget would be examined
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Tsipras confident on pension cuts, reticent on snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this figure will be achieved, and the statistics show that it will, we will submit the 2019 budget... added. The state of play in Greek public finance, along with the 2019 budget, were due to be part
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Lenders' visit concludes with no firm answer on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammewill not be included in the 2019 budget, which Greek Parliament is due to approve in December. This provided... budget and before the revised version has to be tabled in Greek Parliament a month later. A number
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is noticeable that since Monday’s Eurogroup, which coincided with the tabling of the draft 2019 budget... government more than one on December 3 as the final version of the budget has to be submitted
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In updated forecasts, IMF sees Greece meeting fiscal targets and debt falling
EconomyMacroeconomysees the overall budget balance in a surplus of 0.5 percent of GDP, which extends the streak.... For 2019, the Fund sees the budget in complete balance, leaving its estimates unchanged from the previous
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