{"id":101425,"date":"2024-08-21T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101425\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"finance-ministry-projects-1-6-percent-budget-deficit-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101425\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance ministry projects 1.6-percent budget deficit for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus is projected to have a budget deficit of 1.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, Finance Minister Juryj Sieliviersta\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revenue will amount to about 45.5 billion rubels and spending, to 50 billion, the state-run media outlets reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we could not plan all expenditures without a deficit,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will have to borrow on the national market and raise cash abroad, which is our standard practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government plans to spend one billion rubels to raise pay for government-funded sector employees in January, with a further pay increase scheduled for September, the minister added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus is to hold a presidential poll in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister admitted that Belarus\u2019 external public debt obligations are rather high, noting that Minsk would need to raise funds domestically, as well as try to refinance at least 75 percent of the debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98621\/\">Government projects economic growth of 4.1 percent next year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk. Belarus is projected to have a budget deficit of 1.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, Finance Minister Juryj Sieliviersta\u016d said. Revenue will amount to about 45.5 billion rubels and spending, to 50 billion, the state-run media outlets reported. \u201cUnfortunately, we could not plan all expenditures without a deficit,\u201d he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":84116,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-101425","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finance ministry projects 1.6-percent budget deficit for 2025 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 21, Pozirk. 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