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10/03/2024
Monthly Information, October 2024
According to preliminary data, the state budget deficit for the first nine months of the year amounted to EUR -462 million, which is EUR 300 million lower than in the same period last year. According to the latest available estimate by the Ministry of Finance, the end-of-year deficit is expected to amount to EUR -1,407 […]
09/04/2024
Monthly Information, September 2024
According to preliminary data, the state budget deficit in the first eight months of the year amounted to EUR 431 million, which is EUR 300 million lower than in the same period last year. The lower deficit is mainly the result of higher revenues, despite the strengthening of growth in “core” spending, but also of […]
08/01/2024
07/03/2024
Monthly Information, July 2024
Both the general government and the public finance budgets are running deficits at the start of the year. This is the result of high growth in “core” expenditure, against a background of favourable revenue dynamics, mainly reflecting labour market conditions and also high nominal wage growth due to inflation. The end-of-year deficits, as estimated by […]
06/14/2024
06/13/2024
The Fiscal Council acquired a new modeling tool to improve the assessment of long-term sustainability of public finances
The Fiscal Council concluded a multi-year project with which we obtained a new model tool for assessing the long-term sustainability of public finances, with an emphasis on risks due to demographic changes. The project was financed by the European Commission within the Instrument of Technical Support to Member States (https://commission.europa.eu/funding-tenders/find-funding/eu-funding-programmes/technical-support-instrument/technical-support-instrument-tsi_sl ). The Danish DREAM Institute […]
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