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The Fiscal Council has been invited to attend the 1st continuation of the seventeenth emergency meeting of the Commission for Public Finance Control on 5 October 2023 to discuss the following agenda item: Uncertainties in the field of public finances. The meeting was attended by the Fiscal Council President, Davorin Kračun.

In the first eight months of 2023, the state budget recorded a deficit (of EUR 735 million), which amounted to EUR 95 million excluding the impact of expenditure to contain the epidemic (EUR 161 million) and measures to mitigate the cost-of-living crisis (EUR 479 million). The eight-month outturn confirms the Fiscal Council’s assessment on continued […]

The scale of the August floods in Slovenia represents an exceptional macroeconomic and fiscal shock. Although their financial impact is currently unknown, the draft revised state budget for 2023 is only the first step in the budgetary financing aimed at addressing the large financial impact of the floods. The impact will be more clearly reflected […]

In the first half of this year, the fiscal situation deteriorated slightly, which is mostly related to high inflation. Its initial positive impact on revenue, which was noticeable last year, has gradually faded and with a certain delay the pressure on expenditure increased, as expected. The direct impact of intervention measures has been slightly less […]

In 2022, the general government deficit was high (-3.0% of GDP), despite a decrease compared to the previous year, which was mainly due to the smaller scope of the intervention measures. The deterioration in the fiscal position excluding this effect was mainly due to a significant decline in the revenue-to-GDP ratio, mainly as a result […]

In the first five months of the year, the state budget recorded a deficit (of EUR 226 million), and, excluding the impact of expenditure to contain the epidemic (EUR 101 million) and the measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis (EUR 362 million), a surplus in the amount of EUR 238 million. The evolution of the […]