European Commission / Directorate-General for Economic …; … - 2017
macroeconomic environment and from prudent expenditure policies, but important medium-term risks remain. Fiscal performance in the … first half of 2017 was stronger than expected, mainly driven by buoyant tax revenues. Expenditure increased at a much slower … a mechanism to contain increases in the public wage bill beyond 2018. Containing expenditure growth, including in the …