December 6 (SeeNews) - Croatia's central government budget surplus increased to 1.8 billion kuna ($282 million/238.5 million euro) in the eight months through August, from 2.0 million kuna in the year-ago period, official figures show.
Budget revenues increased by 4.2% year-on-year to 80.1 billion kuna in the January-August period, while expenditures rose by 1.9% to 78.3 billion kuna, according to figures posted on the website of the finance ministry.
In August alone, Croatia recorded a budget surplus of 2.5 billion kuna, compared with a surplus of 2.7 billion kuna in the same month of 2016. Budget revenues dropped to 11.09 billion kuna in August, from 11.26 billion kuna a year earlier, while expenditures edged up to 8.63 billion kuna from 8.57 billion kuna.
(1 euro=7.54886 kuna)