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BUDGET DEFICIT HUF 2,710 BN IN APRIL

 

Hungary’s cash-flow-based budget deficit was 2,709.7 billion forints (EUR 7.3bn) at the end of April, up from 2,089.7 billion at the end of March, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary release of data on Tuesday. The central budget posted a deficit of 2,671.6 billion forints at the end of April, while the social security funds were 77.4 billion in the red. Separate state funds showed a 39.3 billion forint surplus. The ministry noted that expenditures related to the regulated utilities price scheme for households came to 848.5 billion forints by the end of April.