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Parliamentary Budget Committee adopts update of Budget 2020

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With 13 votes in favor, 6 against and one abstention, the Parliamentary Budget Committee adopted at first reading the Budget 2020 update, which is designed to absorb the shock to the economy caused by Covid-19. The bill envisages raising the limit for new debt from 1.1 billion euros to over 5 billion euros.

GDP is expected to decline by 3% this year. According to government estimates, unemployment rate is expected to rise by about 2% in comparison to 2019 to the level of 6.2%. Export of goods and services will fall by more than 16% overall, with export of services that includes tourism and transport dropping nearly 26%.




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