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03/17/2022
Fiscal Council to launch the European Commission’s TSI DG REFORM technical support project
The Fiscal Council, together with the European Commission (DG REFORM) and the Danish DREAM Institute (https://dreamgroup.dk/), held today an initial meeting within the project aided by the Technical Support Instrument (more information is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/overview-funding-programmes/technical-support-instrument-tsi_en) for developing a long-term public finance model. In addition to the aforementioned institutions, the meeting was attended by representatives […]
03/07/2022
Monthly Information, March 2022
The state budget had a surplus of EUR 94 million according to preliminary data during the first two months of 2022, or EUR 240 million not counting the direct effect of COVID measures. The state budget balance in both comparisons was better than in the same period last year, which is mainly the result of […]
02/09/2022
Public Finance and Macroeconomic Developments, February 2022
Given the high economic growth and the fact that the pre-crisis GDP level has been reached in the middle of the year, the relatively favourable fiscal results of last year were in line with expectations. In 2021, the state budget deficit amounted to EUR –3,080 million or EUR –685 million not counting the direct effect […]
01/27/2022
Fiscal Council consultation on fiscal rule changes
On 25 January 2022, the Fiscal Council held an internal consultation on aspects of fiscal rule changes. The consultation was attended by Matej Avbelj, Anže Burger, Jože P. Damijan, Igor Masten, Mojmir Mrak and Dušan Mramor. The participants presented differing views about the need to change existing fiscal rules and about the potential path to […]
01/07/2022
Monthly Information, January 2022
According to provisional data, the state budget deficit amounted to EUR –3.098 billion in 2021, while without the direct effect of COVID-related measures, the deficit would have amounted to EUR –705 million. The deficit in both comparisons was smaller than in 2020, which is mainly the result of the revenue growth as economic activity has […]
12/03/2021
Monthly Information, December 2021
According to provisional data, the state budget deficit amounted to EUR –2.641 billion in the first eleven months of 2021, while without the direct effect of COVID-related measures, the deficit would have amounted to EUR –577 million. According to the Ministry of Finance’s estimate of the outturn in September, the state budget deficit is expected […]
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