State Budget Showed a Primary Surplus of 3.162 Billion Euros in 2018

Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 3.162 billion euros in 2018, down from a budget target for a surplus of 3.604 billion but sharply from a primary surplus of 1.940 billion in 2017, the Finance ministry said on Monday.

The ministry report said that according to provisional budget execution data, in an amended cash basis, the state budget showed a deficit of 2.392 billion euros in the January-December 2018 period, from a budget target for a deficit of 1.911 billion and a deficit of 4.268 billion euros in 2017.