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Athens settles pension handout row, looks for review progress Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem concluded on December 24 that “the way has been cleared for the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to go ahead with the decision-making procedures” for the implementation of short-term debt relief measures after Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos sent a letter to the institutions providing assurances regarding primary surplus targets and the distribution of any excess.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus to Nov reaches 7.4 bln on continued strong revenue performance Greece’s budget primary surplus climbed to 7.45 billion euros in the 11-month period of 2016, up by 71.7 percent from last year’s figure of 4.34 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget execution bulletin revealed on Wednesday.
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IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens Following the statements made during a regular press briefing by the IMF spokesman Gerry Rice last Thursday ahead of the resumption of discussions between the institutions’ mission chiefs in Athens, the IMF sent a very strong message regarding the Greek programme on Monday evening.
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EconomyProgramme
Fiscal dispute dominates as Greece and lenders gear up for more talks The institutions’ mission chiefs are expected to return to Athens early this week to begin a new round of discussions with the Greek authorities on the ground, aiming clinch a staff-level agreement on the second programme review.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Revenues beat target for third successive month in November Greek budget revenues beat their target, albeit marginally, for the third straight month in November, General Secretariat of Public Revenues (GSPR) figures revealed on Tuesday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
General government primary cash surplus to Oct rises to 6.1 bln, arrears slip to 6.3 bln Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus expanded by 1.37 billion euros to 6.08 billion in the 10-month period of 2016 from 4.71 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin showed on Friday evening.
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EconomyProgramme
Having failed to resolve differences, Greece and lenders enter new week of talks Ahead of the Eurogroup Working Group due to convene on Monday, the Greek authorities held a teleconference on Saturday afternoon with the institutions’ mission chiefs on the second programme review.
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EconomyMacroeconomy Budget primary surplus to Oct confirmed at 6.5 bln, 2.9 bln above revised target Greece’s budget primary surplus was confirmed at 6.5 billion euros in the 10-month period of 2016 from 4.53 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget execution bulletin showed on Thursday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Fiscal Council adopts 2017 budget forecasts with three reservations Following the tabling of the 2017 budget in Parliament on Monday, the Greek Fiscal Council published on Tuesday its opinion, which concludes that it adopts the forecasts but under three reservations.
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EconomyProgramme
Second round of review talks concludes without breakthrough on labour reforms Despite lengthy meetings that started on Monday morning and continued overnight until 5.30 am on Tuesday, Greek officials and institutions mission chiefs did not clinch an agreement on the key issues of the second programme review.