A cash primary balance of 2.422 million euro is displayed by the state budget in the period of January to July 2014. That is if the revenue from transporting Greek government bonds returns is transferred from the central banks of the Eurosystem and revenue is deducted from the redemption of preferential shares, as well as expenditures concerning the repayment of arrears and Greece’s participation in the European Support Mechanism.

According to data from the Bank of Greece, the cash result of the central management presented a deficit of 1,721 million euro, compared to the corresponding 2013 period where the deficit reached 7,932 million.

During this period, the ordinary budget revenue stood at 27,033 million euro from 24,761 million last year. This includes EUR 1,310 million of redemption of preferential shares, while 62 million is not included from the transfer of Greek government bonds yields by the Eurosystem’s central banks.