primary surplus

According to the Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras, the primary surplus of the general government from January...

The Ministry of Finances has published its figures regarding the implementation of the budget from January to May, revealing a...

The Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras announced that in the first quarter of 2014, from January to March, the primary surplus...

The Ministry of Finances announced on Friday that in the first four months of 2014, the primary surplus came to 1.046 billion euros, exceeding...

It was decided in the Eurogroup session in November 2012 that if Greece managed to achieve a primary surplus, then discussions for further...

According to the revised medium term fiscal strategy plans for the 2015-2018 period Greece will see a 2.3% GDP primary surplus and a 0.6% GDP...

At Thursday’s Euro Working Group in Brussels, where the 6.3 billion euro loan installment will be approved, Greece is expected to initiate discussions for a...

The European statistics authority Eurostat is expected to confirm the Greece’s primary surplus for 2013 on Wednesday, which according to the statistics...

The Bank of Greece issued an announcement according to which the Greek state’s borrowing needs are gradually being restricted, indicating that...

While the Greek politicians were battling it out in Parliament on Sunday over the critical multi-bill, the EuroWorking Group held a teleconference in preparation of...

A special committee comprised of the Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras, the Deputy Minister of Labor Vasilis Kegeroglou, the president of...

On Tuesday the Prime Minister announced that a deal was finally struck with the EU, ECB and IMF triumvirate, after 178 days of negotiations, with Mr. Samaras...

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras gave a press conference where he announced that an agreement was finally reached with the troika, after multiple...

The current round of negotiations with the troika appears to be the hardest so far for the Samaras government, however Ministry of Finances Yannis Stournaras...

The leader of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis appeared on SKAI TV’s morning chat show and stressed that the plan to distribute the primary surplus must go ahead ...

With the coalition government’s negotiations with the troika slowly reaching a climax, unnamed associates of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras are stressing that the...

The Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras presented the latest data set on the implementation of the budget and commented that progress is ...

While the coalition government has been making promises of “returning” part of the primary surplus back to the people, the troika has warned that the deficits ...

While the Prime Minister insists upon praising the efforts that resulted in achieving a primary surplus beyond all expectations and predictions, the troika is not convinced, as evident by its Monday visit to the Ministry of Finances. The total sum of the primary surplus will then determine two other essential matters; first whether new measures […]

Four years after the country received its first bailout, Greece has managed to achieve a primary surplus, which according to the Eurostat is expected to exceed 4.2 billion euros. In light of the upcoming local government and European elections, the developments in the Greek economy are going to be intense. The next steps for the […]