Meanings of primary deficit in English

On the contrary, the primary deficit is widening, the committee said.

In addition, state spending outstrips revenue growth and analysts see the first primary deficit in years.

The government has a primary deficit goal of 139 billion reais in 2017.

Since 2009 the headline primary deficit has declined by more than 10% of GDP.

The accumulated primary deficit in the 12 months through June was equal to 6.38% of gross domestic product.

The government has until April 15 to deliver its 2018 budget guidelines officially setting its primary deficit goal for next year.

Despite plans to close the primary deficit next year, Argentina still expects an overall 2019 budget deficit of 3.2 percent of GDP.

The government's current forecast for this calendar year is a primary deficit of 787.4 billion reais, close to 11.0% of GDP.

The Economy Ministry on Thursday said it expects a public sector primary deficit of 812.2 billion reais, equal to 11.3% of GDP.

The primary deficit accumulated in the 12 months to June was 483.9 billion reais, equivalent to 6.7% of gross domestic product, Treasury said.

Austerity has helped Greece cut its primary deficit by 9.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2010-2012, one of the largest fiscal improvements recorded worldwide.

It expected the fiscal primary deficit after grants to rise to 2.5% of GDP in 2019, one percentage point of GDP higher than projected.

As a share of GDP over the 12 months to April the primary deficit widened to 2.25% from 0.9% in the 12 months to March.

The financing will go toward making interest payments worth $1.5 billion and amortizations of $1.3 billion, while $120 million will go toward the primary deficit.

About half the countries in the region are expected to run primary deficits.

Argentina needs a total of $17 billion between September and December of this year to finance its primary deficits and bond payments.