Monday, February 4, 2019

Budget Issues Approaching

It is page one news on just about every single German news site.....the Ministry of Finance is short on cash flow, and figures it will grow from 5-billion Euro in 2019 (roughly 6-billion US dollars).....to 25 billion Euro by 2023. 

Reason?  Economical slowdown.....lowering on expectations for tax revenue.

It's put the Finance Minister (Scholz, SPD) in a difficult position.

Over the past two years, just about every single ministry came out with new promises and increased cost upon the government. 

Going back on the promises?  I would expect a 5-percent cut on the government budget by the end of this year, and an attempt to revitalize the economy. 

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