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title: "State budget for 2023, voted in the first reading"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/1199/state-budget-for-2023-voted-in-the-first-reading
published: 2022-12-12T15:49:35Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "Economic"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# State budget for 2023, voted in the first reading

> In 2023, the revenues of the state budget will constitute 64.9 billion lei, by 9.3% more than the income reported in the current year, and the expenses will be 83.2 billion lei, higher by 12.5% . Deputies voted in the first reading  the draft of the State Budget for next year.

In 2023, the revenues of the state budget will constitute 64.9 billion lei, by 9.3% more than the income reported in the current year, and the expenses will be 83.2 billion lei, higher by 12.5% . Deputies voted in the first reading  the draft of the State Budget for next year.

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Under the document, the state budget deficit of 18.3 billion lei will be covered from internal and external sources.Moreover, a decrease of the GDP is estimated by 3% in the current year.
The Minister of Finance, Dumitru Budianschi, mentioned that the draft state budget law for 2023 is based on an economic growth of 2% and an average annual inflation level of 15.7%. The official also said that the public debt is estimated at 39.7% of the GDP at the end of 2023.
Income from grants to the state budget next year is expected to be 5.5 billion lei, which is 8.5% of total revenues.
The project was voted in the first reading by 54 deputies.