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Banks highlight areas of concern in talks on NPL scheme The Finance Ministry has redoubled its efforts to get over the line the Asset Protection Scheme (APS), codenamed Hercules, that is meant to help Greek systemic lenders reduce the stock of NPEs on their books by up to 30 billion euros through state guarantees on securitisations.
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EconomyProgramme
Fourth review talks conclude with fiscal differences remaining The talks between the Greek authorities and the heads of institutions concluded on Wednesday as the fourth post-programme moves on to the next stage.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.91 bln in August The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 2.91 billion euros in the first eight months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 1.12 billion noted in August 2018, the Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin confirmed on Wednesday.
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EconomyProgramme
Second day of review yields progress, work needed on fiscal front The Greek authorities and the heads of the institutions completed the second day of talks in Athens that left fiscal issues for 2020 still open, although it was not anticipated that the matter would have been settled on this trip, ahead of the draft budget that is due to be tabled to Parliament on October 7.
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EconomyMacroeconomy Budget primary surplus at 2.90 bln in August The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 2.90 billion euros in the first eight months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 1.12 billion noted in August 2018, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin showed on Monday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.76 mln in July as revenues overtake expenditure The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 1.76 million euros in the first seven months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 926 million noted in July 2018, the Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin confirmed on Monday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
General govt primary cash surplus at 1.78 bln in June, arrears drop by 3 mln Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus came to 1.78 billion euros in the first six months of the year, up by 263 million euros compared to the same period last year, according to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Central government debt down to 356.55 bln in Q2, average maturity tops 20 yrs Greece’s central government debt fell by 1.14 billion euros to 356.55 billion euros quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, from 357.69 billion euros in the previous quarter, the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed on Tuesday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus reaches 1.78 bln in July, almost double target The budget primary surplus reached 1.78 billion euros in the first seven months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 926 million in the same period last year, preliminary budget execution data from the Finance Ministry (MoF) showed on Friday.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Budget primary surplus confirmed at 381 mln in June The budget primary balance recorded a surplus of 381 million euros in the first six months of 2019, compared to a deficit of 46 million noted in June 2018, the Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin confirmed on Thursday.