Slovak 8-Month Central-Budget Gap Widens to 2.68 Billion Euros
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Slovakia’s cumulative budget deficit widened to 2.68 billion euros ($3.37 billion) as of Aug. 31 from 2.02 billion euros in the same period last year, the Finance Ministry said.
Revenue declined 3.3 percent in year to 7.1 billion euros, trailing expenditures, which rose 4.4 percent to 9.78 billion euro, the Bratislava, Slovakia-based ministry said on its web site today. The shortfall was 2.24 billion euros on July 31.