Higher BoB revenues pull budget out of deficit

Wednesday, November 08, 2017

A three-fold jump in expected payments from the Bank of Botswana (BoB) saw the national budget for the year ended March 31, 2017 swing from a projected deficit to a surplus.

In the last State of the National Address before he leaves office next year, President Ian Khama on Monday said the final estimates for the 2016/17, government budgets show a surplus of P1.1 billion, compared to a revised budget estimate of a deficit of P1.12 billion.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development was expecting to run budget deficits from 2015 to 2020, and the new surplus figures break the deficits forecast.

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Higher BoB revenues pull budget out of deficit

A three-fold jump in expected payments from the Bank of Botswana (BoB) saw the national budget for the year ended March 31, 2017 swing from a projected deficit to a surplus.