End-August budget deficit at PLN 24.6 bln

As of the end of August, Poland’s budget deficit amounted to PLN 24.60 billion or 51.8 percent of the full-year plan, according to final data from the Ministry of Finance quoted by ISBnews. The ministry had earlier estimated the August budget deficit to be PLN 24.64 billion. The original budget plan saw the figure at PLN 36.77 billion. Budget revenues as of end-August stood at PLN 184.52 billion or 66.4 percent of the plan, while budget expenditures were at PLN 209.12 billion or 64.3 percent of the plan.