A P24bn budget miscalculation

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The 2024-25 budget missed its revenue forecast by P24.9bn, the biggest miscalculation ever. This year’s optimistic revenue target of P75.5bn, if reached, will be the highest ever but all signs are that another heavy miscalculation has been made, write TIMOTHY LEWANIKA & MBONGENI MGUNI

For the financial year 2024-2025 technocrats at the Ministry of Finance missed their revenue projections by P24.89 billion a staggering miss for people who live and breathe macroeconomic numbers for a living.

Preliminary figures shared by the Minister of Finance in February showed that the deficit shot above the forecast 3.2% of GDP to nine percent, another big jump in numbers that cast doubt over the work of the country’s technocrats or the political head honchos that are superiors to these technocrats.

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A P24bn budget miscalculation

The 2024-25 budget missed its revenue forecast by P24.9bn, the biggest miscalculation ever. This year’s optimistic revenue target of P75.5bn, if reached, will be the highest ever but all signs are that another heavy miscalculation has been made, write TIMOTHY LEWANIKA & MBONGENI MGUNI

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