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General gov't primary cash surplus widens notably to 4.84 bln by October
EconomyMacroeconomy. The state budget primary surplus more than doubled to 4.45 billion euros in the 10-month period, from 2... budget arrears stand at 590 million euros, showing a significant rise of 433 million year to date
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammesavings of 1 percent of GDP for 2016. In the 2016 budget, the Finance Ministry (MoF) adopted those cost... stable. On the revenue front, the 2016 budget includes measures of 2.2 billion euros in 2016 to meet
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EC sees resilience in Greek economy, urges additional measures in 2016 and 2017
EconomyIn its winter economic forecasts published on Thursday, the European Commission (EC) aligned its GDP estimates with those incorporated in Greece’s 2016 budget calling for GDP growth in 2015.... In addition, the EC stresses that although the 2016 budget envisages additional savings of 1.1 percent
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Primary cash surplus of 386 mln in Jan from deficit last year
EconomyMacroeconomyis fully attributed to the soaring Public Investment Budget (PIB) surplus of 429 million this year from... stood at 116 million up 52.6 percent over last year’s figure of 76 million. The budget execution
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A closer look at 2015 revenues reveals size of hit they took
EconomyMacroeconomyreport on a monthly basis. The bulk of the reported figures were already known from the final budget.... In the 2016 budget, the Finance Ministry incorporated revenues from VAT reshuffling of 427 million euros
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General gov't primary cash surplus climbs to 1.3 bln in Jan, arrears resume upward trend
EconomyMacroeconomyin the budget figure, which rose by 685 million to 927 million in January. Extra-budgetary funds followed... at 706 million, state budget at 437 million, local governments at 283 million and extra-budgetary
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammeis that this will be included in the new draft bill on indirect taxes. In the 2016 budget, the Finance Ministry had... in defence spending in the 2016 budget. Freezing of wages in the public sector special payroll
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General gov't primary cash surplus widens to 3.2 bln in March, arrears jump to 6.7 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyin the cash surplus of the extrabudgetary funds followed by state budget (+679 million) and social... budget stood at 2.31 billion and remains the key contributor to the overall balance. Extrabudgetary funds
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General gov't primary cash surplus for Jan-Apr quadrupled to 2.6 bln, arrears stable at 6.7 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyin the state budget (+697 million) and social security funds - SSFs (+139 million). In contrast... that the state budget’s primary cash surplus reached 2.29 billion euros and remains the key contributor
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Technical MoU provides more detail on fiscal brake, arrears and privatisations
EconomyProgrammecategory’s budget ceiling. Discretionary expenditure excludes all categories that do not involve pension..., net of EU transfers to the Greek budget for migration-related costs, are excluded from
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