In 2018, the federal budget revenues moved up by 2.4 p.p. of GDP against 2017 not least because of the oil and gas revenues which grew by 2.2 p.p. of GDP and the expenditures contracted by 1.7 p.p. of GDP compared to the previous year. The federal budget limitation due to the budgetary rules has...

The federal budget revenues by H1 2019-end moved up by 0.4 p.p. of GDP against the same period of the previous year, first of all, due to increased VAT rate from 18 to 20%. Simultaneously, expenditures have contracted by 0.9 p.p. of GDP. As a result, the federal budget was executed with surplus...

In Q1 2018, the federal budget revenues exceeded the revenues seen during the same period of 2017. Oil and gas revenues rose while oil and gas income fell. Budget expenditure decreased against January-March 2017 which ensured the federal budget surplus. By the end of Q1 2018, dynamic of the...

We analyze dynamic of budget receipts, federal budget expenditures and assets in the National Wealth Fund for January-April 2020. Over the period, the federal budget was executed with a surplus, however one should remember that oil and gas revenues reflect the changes on the market the same...

According to the results of H1 2021, the federal budget revenues exceeded the level of 2019, hitting 20.9% of GDP. The main contribution to this outcome was made by an increase in VAT receipts, primarily due to an increase in the consumption of nonfood products with a slight increase in the...

According to the results of H1 2018, federal budget revenues increased by 1.8 p.p. of GDP as compared to the relevant period of the previous year, while the share of oil and gas revenues rose from 40.4% to 45.6%. On the contrary, expenditures in relation to GDP fell by 1.2 p.p. As a result, in...