End-Year Deficit Projected at 15% of GDP

Ljubljana, 30 December - Slovenia's general government deficit stood at 5.5% of GDP at the end of the third quarter, up a percentage point year-on-year, but it is projected to surge by about ten percentage points as a result of the recent bank bailout, suggest figures released Monday by the Statistics Office.

Ljubljana Representatives of the national Statistics Office presenting data on general government debt and deficit in the third quarter of 2013 and the latest inflation figures. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of the national Statistics Office presenting data on general government debt and deficit in the third quarter of 2013 and the latest inflation figures.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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