Zionist regime’s fiscal deficit widens to 8.1% of GDP

Tehran, Qodsna – The Zionist regime’s fiscal deficit continued to widen in July, reaching 8.1% of GDP over the past 12 months, or NIS 155.2 billion, the Ministry of Finance accountant general Yali Rothenberg reports, up from 7.2% of GDP at the end of May.

The fiscal deficit has grown in each of the past 16 consecutive months.

The fiscal deficit had been 7.6% of GDP at the end of June and it is now 1.5% higher than the fiscal deficit target of 6.6% set by the government for the end of 2024 in the 2024 budget.