General government deficit and debt

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Revised general government deficit and debt figures for 2012 released 30 Sep 2013 According to Statistics Finlands revised preliminary data, the general governments deficit amounted to EUR 3.4 billion, or 1.8 per cent relative to GDP in 2012. One year before the deficit was EUR 1.3 billion. The central government sectors deficit grew by EUR 0.8 billion to EUR 6.6 billion in 2012. In turn, the local government sector's deficit increased from EUR 1.0 billion to EUR 2.1 billion. Social security funds, primarily employment pension schemes, accumulated a surplus of EUR 5.2 billion. Next release: Statistical releases will not be issued in English from these statistics in 2013.
Description:	These statistics contain data on the deficit and debt of government finance in Finland. Twice yearly the Member States of the European Union report data on their so-called EDP deficits and debts to the EU Commission. The data are used in the context of the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact to assess the state of government finances in the Member States. The reporting is a constituent part of what is known as the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP). The reported data are produced in compliance with the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995) and a separate EU Regulation. The data reported by the different Member States are comparable with each other. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	central government debt, credit granting, credits, debts, general government, government debt, government finance, municipal finances, public sector, social security funds. Statistics by keywords >>>
Change:	Statistics renamed 08 Feb 2011 Statistics on General government deficit and gross debt according to EMU criteria will in future be published under the name General government deficit and debt.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): General government deficit and debt [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5914. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 8.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/jali/index_en.html.

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