Spending growth has increased the deficit estimate for 2025 to 4.9 % of GDP, the risk of not meeting budget targets also increased for fulfillment of public expenditure ceiling (Budgetary Traffic Light April 2025)

1.0Rada pre rozpočtovú zodpovednosťhttps://www.rrz.sk/en/Kubikhttps://www.rrz.sk/en/author/kubik/Spending growth has increased the deficit estimate for 2025 to 4.9 % of GDP, the risk of not meeting budget targets also increased for fulfillment of public expenditure ceiling (Budgetary Traffic Light April 2025) - Rada pre rozpočtovú zodpovednosťrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bVnQyAMWMN"><a href="https://www.rrz.sk/en/budgetary-traffic-light-2025-04/">Spending growth has increased the deficit estimate for 2025 to 4.9 % of GDP, the risk of not meeting budget targets also increased for fulfillment of public expenditure ceiling (Budgetary Traffic Light April 2025)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rrz.sk/en/budgetary-traffic-light-2025-04/embed/#?secret=bVnQyAMWMN" width="600" height="338" title="“Spending growth has increased the deficit estimate for 2025 to 4.9 % of GDP, the risk of not meeting budget targets also increased for fulfillment of public expenditure ceiling (Budgetary Traffic Light April 2025)” — Rada pre rozpočtovú zodpovednosť" data-secret="bVnQyAMWMN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.rrz.sk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Council for Budget Responsibility (CBR) estimates the 2025 general government (GG) deficit at 4.9 % of GDP CBR has increased the estimated level of GG deficit in 2025 and at the same time increased the risk of rising the public deficit level above the government objective. Month-to-month increase of the GG deficit level is mainly […]https://www.rrz.sk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rs_202504_banner_EN.png