Greek current account surplus widens in July, tourism revenues rise
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ATHENS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Greece`s current account surplus rose in July compared to the same month a year ago due to a stronger services balance and a smaller income account deficit, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday. The data showed the surplus at 1.569 billion euros ($1.88 billion) from 1.356 million euros in July 2016. Tourism revenues rose to 2.93 billion euros from 2.77 billion in the same month a year earlier. `A year-on-year rise of 249 million euros in the surplus of the services balance is due to an improvement in all its...