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4.2 Percent: Deficit Less Bad than Feared, but...
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After months of riddles about the finances of countries and municipalities, Statistik Austria now provided clarity: in 2025 the general government deficit amounted to 4.2 percent of the economic output. The state spends four out of ten euros on social security.
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der Standard DEThe Federal Government overcompensates worse values from the countries and slightly exceeds the target value for the general government new debt. Maastricht target, however, continues in the distance
The federal government has completed the previous year better than expected. The general government deficit amounted to 4.2 percent of GDP and was thus below the figure of 4.5 percent planned by the Ministry of Finance. This figure presented by Statistik Austria on Tuesday is better than the 4.6 percent of the year 2024. However, one is far from the Maastricht limit of three percent set by the EU. For this year, the federal government is once ag…
VIENNA. The general government deficit was 4.2 percent of GDP in the previous year and is therefore below the level of 4.5 percent planned by the Ministry of Finance.
Austria's state finances are somewhat more robust than expected at the annual financial statements: the deficit for 2025 is 4.2 percent lower than the forecasts of the Ministry of Finance. Nevertheless, the debt burden remains high, and the gap between the federal states is wide apart – while Upper Austria is writing a plus, Vienna and Lower Austria are struggling with growing billions of declines.
The general government deficit amounted to EUR 21.5 billion or 4.2 percent of GDP in the previous year. Thus, Austria's debt rose to EUR 418.1 billion.
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