28 Mar 2024
Monday 15 January 2018 - 16:21
Story Code : 290068

Rouhani’s bad news budget

Al-Monitor | : With the recent wave of protests in Iran igniting debate over the government's budget bill for the next Iranian year (beginning March 20), it is important to understand how President Hassan Rouhani's administration has been approaching the matter.


In the bill Rouhani submitted to parliament Dec. 10, the government’s general budget is set at $103 billion, 6.1% higher than the previous budget in rial terms. The general budget excludes the state-owned enterprises, which are included in the much larger total budget. Given a projected inflation rate of at least 10% over the coming year, the general budget is set to be contractionary in real terms.

Three main points can be made about the elements of the budget bill: taxes and sales of debt securities are expected to be 11.2% and 26.6% higher, while oil, gas and petrochemicals proceeds are set to fall by 11%; current expenditures are predicted to surge by about 9%; and funding for infrastructure spending will decrease the most, as in preceding years.

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