According to the Ministry of Finance, transfers to EDL reached $315.46M up to March 2015, significantly lower than the $615.13M recorded during Q1 2014. Excluding EDL’s debt service, the reimbursements for ... read more
Fiscal deficit for H1 of 2015 showed a 33.29% year-on-year (y-o-y) expansion to $1.78B compared to the $1.34B deficit recorded H1 of last year. This was partially attributed to the 16.60% yearly decrease ... read more
Fiscal deficit for the first 3 months of 2015 showed a 14.95% year-on-year (y-o-y) contraction to $506.29M, on the back of 4.19% higher revenues and 4.35% lower expenditures, over the same period. In ... read more
In June 2014, oil prices were slashed from a high of $112 to a low of $58 in December 2014. This bearish trend meant different things to the fiscal balances of oil importing countries and to those of oil ... read more
In the words of James W. Frick, the American author, “Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are”. In the same spirit, the Central ... read more
The fiscal performance improved during the first eight months of the year with the deficit narrowing by 36.77% (year-on-year) y-o-y to $1.66B and the primary surplus standing at $951M, compared to a ... read more
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