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Draft 2017 budget forecasts 2.7 growth rates and an end of recession

The draft budget for 2017, due to be tabled in Parliament on Monday, forecasts growth rates of 2.7 pct of GDP in the coming year.

Finance ministry sources confirmed a forecast for strong growth rates that will mark the Greek economy's recovery after eight years of recession. They said the draft budget will also be in line with the goals of the economic policy programme for the primary surplus.