Sentence examples for a primary budget from inspiring English sources

Greece plainly needs to move to a primary budget surplus.

It is now running a primary budget surplus, spending less than it receives in taxes.

When a country falls below zero on the chart, it is running a primary budget surplus.

In the Italian case, you have big debt but also a primary budget surplus.

In Greece ministers are pointing proudly to their progress towards a primary budget surplus.

Officials in Brussels certified that Antonis Samaras and his government had racked up a primary budget surplus in 2013.

The government would then gradually fulfill a longstanding commitment to achieve a primary budget surplus by 2020-21.

Its main ingredient is a primary budget surplus (ie, before interest payments) of at least 4¼% of GDP.

The country's economy is in deep recession and it is running a primary budget deficit (ie, before interest payments).

That means a primary budget surplus (not accounting for interest payments) rising to 5% of GDP, and possibly staying near that high level for years beyond.

Brazil posted a primary budget surplus of 6.61 billion reais ($2.24 billion) in July, up from 4.32 billion reais a year earlier, the central bank said.