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Greece Expected to Return to Primary Surpluses in 2022

Greece will return to primary surpluses beginning in 2022 after reporting higher primary deficits and public debts in 2020, the International Monetary Fund said in its "Fiscal Monitor Report," released on Wednesday. The IMF based its 2020 forecasts on the...

EU Scraps 3.5 Percent Surplus Target for Greece Due to Coronavirus Emergency

Eurozone finance ministers decided on Monday evening to scrap the primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP for Greece this year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. "Today's (yesterday's) decisions fully meet Greek positions and priorities," Finance Minister...

2019 Greek Budget Records Primary Surplus of Almost €5 Billion

The Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 4.96 billion euros in 2019, up from a budget surplus target of 4.4 billion and a primary surplus of 91 million euros in the same period in 2018, the Finance Ministry said...

Greece to Ask Creditors for Lower Primary Surplus Targets in 2020

Greece will be able to ask its creditors to lower the primary surplus targets and plans to do so in 2020, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said in a debate on the 2020 state budget in Parliament on Saturday. "To reduce...

2019 Greek Primary Surplus Exceeds Target By Several Billion Euros

The Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 5.755 billion euros in the period from January-October, significantly exceeding budget targets for a surplus of 2.314 billion euros in the same period, the country's General Accounting Office said in...

IMF Disagrees With Brussels; Sees Lower Greek Surpluses for 2019, 2020

Vitor Gaspar, the Head of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presented the Fund's Fiscal Monitor on Wednesday, just before its annual autumn summit in Washington. With regard to the IMF's projections about Greece's economy, the data presented...

Greek Primary Surplus Continues to Exceed Targets Despite Tax Cuts

The Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 4.479 billion euros in the January-September period over budget targets, for a surplus of €1.467 billion, the country's Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday. There was a primary surplus of 2.523 billion euros...

ESM Chief Regling Says Greek Primary Surplus Targets Could Be Reduced

Chief of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling indicated on Friday that the European Institutions might consider reducing Greece's primary surplus targets beginning in 2021. Speaking during a press conference just before the crucial Eurogroup meeting coming up in...

IMF Calls for Review of Greece's High Primary Surplus Targets

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agrees with the recent opinion expressed by Christine Lagarde in the European Parliament concerning the need to review the high primary surplus targets for Greece, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said on Thursday. This view reflects...

Next ECB President Lagarde In Favor of Reducing Greece's Primary Surplus Targets

Christine Lagarde, the current Chairman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the next President of the European Central Bank (ECB) suggested on Wednesday that Greece's commitment to a primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP should be...

Report Shows Greece's January-July Primary Surplus Surprisingly High

According to a report issued on Friday by Greece's Finance Ministry, the Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of €1.779 billion in the period from January-July. This is a large increase over a primary deficit budget target of €803...

Bank of Greece Forecasts 1.9% Growth for 2019 and Lower Primary Surplus

The Bank of Greece published its interim report on Monetary Policy on Monday, where it highlights some interesting projections for the future of Greece’s economy. The central bank estimates that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 1.9...

Greece Challenges Creditors as PM Tsipras Vows to Lower Surplus Targets

Greece's European creditors reminded the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras that it has agreed to a primary surplus of 3.5 percent from 2020 to 2022. Their remarks were made after the Greek premier on Tuesday set the country's annual...

Greece Mulls Tax Cuts as it Records Whopping Surplus

The Greek government's economic team is examining a package of tax relief measures, following the nation earning a record 4.4 percent primary surplus for the year 2018. According to data released on Tuesday by the country's Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in...

Greek State Budget Surplus Up by €1 Billion Compared to First Quarter of 2018

The Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of €1.85 billion in the first quarter of 2019, up from a surplus of €840 million in the same period last year, the Bank of Greece said in a report released...