Euro-zone government finances at the start of the third quarter of 2016 were much more of a mixed bag than the reasonably impressive figures from the first half of the year. Worryingly, the data suggest that Portugal and Spain, having recently avoided fines for breaking EU fiscal rules, will fail to attain their new budget targets.
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