Finance Ministry: Budget Deficit 524 Mln Ytl In January, 2008

ANKARA - Budget deficit was calculated as 524 million YTL in January, 2008, according to Finance Ministry. (1 USD = 1.2240 YTL)
A total of 16.3 billion YTL was spent from budget in January. Budget income was 15.7 billion YTL in the same month.
Primary surplus in January, 2008 is 3.7 billion YTL.
Budget expenses dropped 11.8 percent, while budget income climbed 27.4 percent in January, 2008 when compared with January, 2007.
Budget deficit --which was 6.09 billion YTL in January, 2007-- dropped 91.4 percent to 524 million YTL in January, 2008.