Lebanon Four-Month Budget Gap Widens to 2.1 Trillion Pounds
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Lebanon’s budget deficit doubled in the first four months from the year-earlier period as revenue declined.
The deficit widened to 2.1 trillion Lebanese pounds ($1.4 billion) from 1 trillion pounds, the Ministry of Finance said in an e-mail today. Revenue slid 10.8 percent to 3.6 trillion pounds, it said.