Public deficit widens, primary surplus increased seven percent.

The State's total budget deficit widened by nine percent to $1.25 billion in the first half of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015.

The primary surplus increased seven percent to $1.18 billion. The primary surplus represents the surplus before the deduction of debt servicing expenditure that includes interest payments and foreign debt principal repayment.

Total revenues grew by four percent to almost five billion dollars while total expenditure increased by five percent to a...

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