IN APRIL TAXABLE INCOME RECORDED A PRIMARY SURPLUS OF $ 499 MILLION
Thursday May 16, 2019
Buenos Aires, May 16, 2019 - In April the National Public Sector had a
primary surplus of $ 499 million, which implies a reduction of $ 10.841
million against $ 10.342 million deficit recorded in April 2018. Total
resources grew 43.8% on year (y), 8 percentage points (pp) relative to more
primary spending had an increase of 36.2% ia For its part, the financial
deficit, which includes interest payments on the public debt was $ 66.073
billion, with an equivalent increase to 52% compared to April 2018 and a
reduction in real terms of 2.4% ia
Total revenue for the month were $ 277,427 million. -net tax the resources
of the deduction for revenue sharing amounted to $ 245,964 provinces which
highlighted million and showed growth of 45.4% A.I. Within these, stood
Export Duties (313.4% yoy), the Income Tax (52.6%), contributions and
contributions to social security (42% yoy), Value Added Tax (30 , 1% ai)
and tax credits and debits (29.5% y). The rest of the resources of
non-financial public sector in April showed an increase of 32.5% A.I.
Primary expenditures totaled $ 276,929 million, a growth of 36.2% A.I. in
nominal and reduced 12.5% a.i. in real terms. Capital spending grew 8%
i.a., where stood out the increases in order Transport (83.8% a.i.) and
education (18.9% a.i.), while in the rest of the purposes decreases were
observed in annual terms. Almost a quarter of capital spending in April was
paid to external financing.
Social benefits increased 37.8% A.I. pensions and contributory pensions
were highlighted and non-contributory and family allowances, which grew
36.5% i.a., and universal child with a growth of 102% i.a. due to the
increase in profit of 46% granted in March. Also, the line "Other benefits"
increased 40.8% A.I., with programs "We do Futuro" and "Productive Projects
Community", which increased 55.6% A.I., under the social wage increase
granted in March Supplement.
Transfers to universities increased 27.3% A.I. and current transfers to the
provinces 7.6% annually, which highlighted those for Social Development
(489.6% a.i.) and Social Security (91.9% a.i.).
Operating expenses increased 40.6% i.a., due to an increase in spending on
personnel 29.5% A.I. and an increase in goods and services 79.2% A.I. Some
of the variation showed last item showed (+ 212.6% yoy) higher growth in
the first quarter (+ 25.3% yoy) which is explained by the implementation of
programs "Food Policy" Health Ministry and Social Development
and "Prevention and control of vaccine-preventable diseases" of the
Government Department of Health (+ 763% yoy) related to the purchase of
vaccines. Regardless growth shown by these programs, spending on goods and
services would have had a yoy 22 p.p. less.
Economic subsidies increased 44.2% A.I., slowing in relation to growth
exhibited in the first quarter (+ 86.1% a.i.), but still rising above the
total primary spending due to the impact of the exchange rate. In this
regard, energy subsidies showed an increase of 100.8% i.a. while for the
transportation they fell 3.5% a.i.
Interest payments 101% increased in April, mainly due to the impact of the
increase registered in the exchange rate (+ 114% y) in interest in foreign
currency (approximately 60% of this month) , providing that the total of
2019 will remain in the same relative to GDP establishing the National
Budget (3.2%).
In the first four months of the primary outcome was a surplus of $
10,846,000 (0.1% GDP), increasing at 0.3 p.p. over the same period of 2018.
This improvement came from revenue grew 9 p.p. rather than primary
expenditures (40.8% vs. 32.2% i.a. I.A). The financial result was - $
180,855 (-0.9% PBI), showing a reduction of 12% in real terms.
Buenos Aires, May 16, 2019 - In April the National Public Sector had a
primary surplus of $ 499 million, which implies a reduction of $ 10.841
million against $ 10.342 million deficit recorded in April 2018. Total
resources grew 43.8% on year (y), 8 percentage points (pp) relative to more
primary spending had an increase of 36.2% ia For its part, the financial
deficit, which includes interest payments on the public debt was $ 66.073
billion, with an equivalent increase to 52% compared to April 2018 and a
reduction in real terms of 2.4% ia
Total revenue for the month were $ 277,427 million. -net tax the resources
of the deduction for revenue sharing amounted to $ 245,964 provinces which
highlighted million and showed growth of 45.4% A.I. Within these, stood
Export Duties (313.4% yoy), the Income Tax (52.6%), contributions and
contributions to social security (42% yoy), Value Added Tax (30 , 1% ai)
and tax credits and debits (29.5% y). The rest of the resources of
non-financial public sector in April showed an increase of 32.5% A.I.
Primary expenditures totaled $ 276,929 million, a growth of 36.2% A.I. in
nominal and reduced 12.5% a.i. in real terms. Capital spending grew 8%
i.a., where stood out the increases in order Transport (83.8% a.i.) and
education (18.9% a.i.), while in the rest of the purposes decreases were
observed in annual terms. Almost a quarter of capital spending in April was
paid to external financing.
Social benefits increased 37.8% A.I. pensions and contributory pensions
were highlighted and non-contributory and family allowances, which grew
36.5% i.a., and universal child with a growth of 102% i.a. due to the
increase in profit of 46% granted in March. Also, the line "Other benefits"
increased 40.8% A.I., with programs "We do Futuro" and "Productive Projects
Community", which increased 55.6% A.I., under the social wage increase
granted in March Supplement.
Transfers to universities increased 27.3% A.I. and current transfers to the
provinces 7.6% annually, which highlighted those for Social Development
(489.6% a.i.) and Social Security (91.9% a.i.).
Operating expenses increased 40.6% i.a., due to an increase in spending on
personnel 29.5% A.I. and an increase in goods and services 79.2% A.I. Some
of the variation showed last item showed (+ 212.6% yoy) higher growth in
the first quarter (+ 25.3% yoy) which is explained by the implementation of
programs "Food Policy" Health Ministry and Social Development
and "Prevention and control of vaccine-preventable diseases" of the
Government Department of Health (+ 763% yoy) related to the purchase of
vaccines. Regardless growth shown by these programs, spending on goods and
services would have had a yoy 22 p.p. less.
Economic subsidies increased 44.2% A.I., slowing in relation to growth
exhibited in the first quarter (+ 86.1% a.i.), but still rising above the
total primary spending due to the impact of the exchange rate. In this
regard, energy subsidies showed an increase of 100.8% i.a. while for the
transportation they fell 3.5% a.i.
Interest payments 101% increased in April, mainly due to the impact of the
increase registered in the exchange rate (+ 114% y) in interest in foreign
currency (approximately 60% of this month) , providing that the total of
2019 will remain in the same relative to GDP establishing the National
Budget (3.2%).
In the first four months of the primary outcome was a surplus of $
10,846,000 (0.1% GDP), increasing at 0.3 p.p. over the same period of 2018.
This improvement came from revenue grew 9 p.p. rather than primary
expenditures (40.8% vs. 32.2% i.a. I.A). The financial result was - $
180,855 (-0.9% PBI), showing a reduction of 12% in real terms.