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Cabinet approves 2014 fiscal budget

The cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved a 2.52 trillion baht draft fiscal budget for 2014, government spokesman Thosaporn Sereerak said.

Next year’s government expenditure budget was up 5.3% from this year, or 100 billion baht, with a total budget deficit of...

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    Discussion 1 : 12 Feb 2013 at 15.581

    If the income is 2.27 trillions and the expense is 2.52 trillions, then the deficit should be 250 billions, not 2.5 billions.

    Still better than 2013's deficit of 300 billions, but not *that* much better. And in absolute value the public debt is still on the rise.

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