Public Budget Deficit at 8% of GDP in Q2

Ljubljana, 30 September - Slovenia's public budget deficit in the second quarter of 2010 stood at EUR 749m or 8% of GDP, up from EUR 671m or 7.4% of GDP in the same period last year. Presenting the data on Thursday, Andrej Flajs of the Statistics Office said that the Finance Ministry's target of a 5.6% deficit for 2010 was still attainable.

Ljubljana
A press conference at which the Statistical Office presented the September inflation figures, preliminary results of this year's agricultural census and first estimate of the public debt and deficit for Q2 and 2009.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
A press conference at which the Statistical Office presented the September inflation figures, preliminary results of this year's agricultural census and first estimate of the public debt and deficit for Q2 and 2009.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
A press conference at which the Statistical Office presented the September inflation figures, preliminary results of this year's agricultural census and first estimate of the public debt and deficit for Q2 and 2009.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
A press conference at which the Statistical Office presented the September inflation figures, preliminary results of this year's agricultural census and first estimate of the public debt and deficit for Q2 and 2009.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
A press conference at which the Statistical Office presented the September inflation figures, preliminary results of this year's agricultural census and first estimate of the public debt and deficit for Q2 and 2009.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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