The government closed the books on the first five months of this year with a financial deficit of RD$10.5 billion (RD$10.479 billion exactly) according to the numbers provided by the budget department director general at the Ministry of Hacienda. According to the official information, during the January-May period of this year, the government spent RD$161.9 billion, but received income of RD$151.4 billion that represents a deficit of RD$10.5 billion in round numbers.
The total amount of money that the government handled during the first five months of the year was RD$227.0 billion, which is the sum of the income, which was RD$151.4 billion, plus the financial sources which are loans, that amounted to RD$75.6 billion.
Total expenditures were RD$188.0 billion. This means that there is a greater flow of income than the government effectively spent in this period, so that there remains the amount of RD$38.9 billion, the government has yet to invest or spend.
In essence, the government has close to RD$39 billion in money that is available. Last week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a note in which it suggested restraining the financing of the public sector by the private banking sector. In the first four months of the year, private bank credit grew by RD$29.7 billion with 78.9% borrowed by the government.
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