The payment of salaries and debt was almost a third of the total government expenditures registered in January 2019, when these hit RD$14.62 billion, according to information published by the Information System on Financial Management. (SIGEF). This compares to RD$12.7 billion in January 2018, a 15% increase. In general, public expenditures totaled in January 2019 RD$53.9 billion.
Government wage spending will be significantly up as of April 2019. According to current salary levels, wages will increase by 95.4%, 10% and 5%. Debt payments were 25.4% of the total, or RD$13.7 billion. This means that for every RD$100 the government spent, RD$52.50 went to pay wages and interest on the Non-Financial Public Sector Debt.
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Diario Libre
11 March 2019