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Budget for 2017 sees primary surplus at 2 pct on 2.6 bln fiscal measures, strong growth
EconomyMacroeconomyFinance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos tabled in Parliament on Monday afternoon the 2017 budget... were included in the draft budget that was tabled on October 3. Fiscal estimates The general..., is expected to reach 1.09 percent of GDP in 2016, higher than both the draft budget estimate of 0.63
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Mitsotakis lets budget measures sink in as he mulls presidential pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe measures announced in the budget appear to have hit the mark with New Democracy lawmakers, who.... The first assessments of the measures announced in the budget last week suggest that they have... to be relaxed and jovial, with MPs quoted as expressing satisfaction with the budget measures, describing
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One in two Greeks thinks life was better 50 years ago, poll suggests
SocietyOver half of Greeks think that life was better in Greece 50 years ago compared to today, according... countries, surveying around 43,000 respondents in the process. Pew Research highlighted that 50 years... believed that life today was worse than it was 50 years ago. Greeks sat in the bottom 10 countries where
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the 2014 budget early on Sunday but was also given an acute reminder of the challenges that still... and no other lawmakers to pass the budget. No Democratic Left (DIMAR) or independent lawmakers approved... PASOK, all but one voted against the budget. The twelfth voted “present.” There was, in fact, only one
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Finance Ministry ups 2017 budget primary surplus estimates on higher revenue projections
EconomyMacroeconomyof the prior actions multi-bill, has updated state budget estimates for 2017. The budget primary... the previous figure of 3.79 billion euros included in the 2017 budget that was tabled on November... of the net budget revenue by 1.29 billion euros, mitigated by lower Public Investment Budget (PIB
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
Agoraachieved a balanced budget one year ahead of forecasts, when Europe would benefit from a recovery... of strength. Its primary budget surplus (a proof, if needed, that contrary to widespread beliefs... and at the Jakarta School of Public Policy, Indonesia, where he is also head of the Economics
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Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government won the vote for the 2015 budget in the early hours of Monday but the result... MPs voted in favour of the budget, 134 against and 1 voted present. One government MP (PASOK) was unable to vote, while one independent backed the budget. Katerina Markou an independent formerly
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Five-month budget primary surplus of 2.27 bln, revenues outperform in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus stood at 2.27 billion euros in the 5-month period of 2016 up by more than 50 percent from last year’s figure of 1.51 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin showed on Thursday. The headline figure means there was an over-performance
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Budget primary balance confirmed at deficit of 6.10 bln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 6.10 billion euros in the first six months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 381 million noted in June 2019, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget... month last year, the primary deficit came to 535 million euros. The budget balance in the first six
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Finance Ministry tabled on Thursday the 2014 budget to Parliament without the final approval... not yet been concluded. Thursday’s version of the budget followed a draft that was released on October 7. The key macro assumptions remained unchanged compared to the draft budget, while adjustments
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