Unemployment and pensions are drawing in the biggest
supplementary spending (3 billion RON) following the budgetary
adjustment prepared by the Finance Ministry.
The initial structure of the 2010 budget is proving to be a big
failure: instead of a deficit originally set at 5.9% of GDP, now
estimates point to 6.8% of GDP, the 1.3% economic growth originally
estimated has turned into a decline put at 1.7-1.9% of GDP.
The general consolidated budget therefore reveals a 3.4 billion-RON
revenue decline, and a mere 714 million-RON spending decline. As
far as the state budget is concerned, the adjusted budget
translates into a revenue increase of only 1.9 billion RON and over
3.8 billion RON in additional spending.
Cutting the amounts allocated for investments remains the main
solution for the Government to keep the budget deficit under
control, with capital spending to be cut by 0.2% of GDP following
the budget adjustment, as announced by premier Emil Boc.
ZF English
State budget spending jumps by 3.8bn RON for pensions and unemployment
Unemployment and pensions are drawing in the biggest supplementary spending (3 billion RON) following the budgetary adjustment prepared by the Finance Ministry.