The budget deficit in Zimbabwe is expanding to the consumption of government spending

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Zimbabwe's budget deficit will grow to $ 1.82 billion this year, or 11.2 percent of GDP from $ 400 million, said Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on Thursday. The government of President Robert Mugabe is struggling to keep spending, with more than 90 percent of the budget going to pay salaries to civil servants, which analysts say is too high for the economy to fight. Last month, former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamas said the government plans to cut its deficit by half of next year to 4 percent of GDP, an ambitious target at a time when the presidential election is expected. Chombo, who was appointed chief of finance ministry last month, said government spending would accelerate above the initial $ 4.1 billion target this year. "This would increase the budget deficit over the course of the year from $ 400 million to $ 1.82 billion, mostly funded through treasury bills and resorting to overcrowding in the Reserve Bank," Chombo said in a speech to lawmakers in retirement at Victoria Fall. "Dear members will agree that this is not sustainable and undesirable," added Chombo, not saying the government intended to put the brakes on abandoned consumption. Chombo reiterated the Ministry of Finance's projections that economic growth will slow down to 3 percent next year with 3.7 percent in 2017. Analysts say that government borrowing from domestic banks could ultimately fuel inflation, which Chombo said could reach 2.5 percent next year. He warned of an increase in inflationary pressures in the medium term. Economic analysts fear that expelling the relative financial stability over the last eight years due to acute shortages in foreign currencies, leading to sharp price increases, could see Zimbabwe returning to hyperinflation.




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