Government Deficit falls to 0.5% in the euro area, for Q1 2019, debt slightly rises to 85.9%

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In the first quarter of 2019, the seasonally adjusted general government deficit to GDP ratio stood at 0.5% in the euro area (EA19), a decrease compared with 1.1% in the fourth quarter of 2018 and in the EU28, the deficit to GDP ratio stood at 0.6%, a decrease compared with 1.0% in the previous quarter, according to data released today by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.In the first quarter of 2019, total government revenue in the euro …

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