AMMAN — Foreign grants in the first half
of 2022 amounted to JD81.7 million, compared to JD77 million during the same
period of the previous year, marking an increase of JD4.6 million, or 5.9
percent, according to the
Ministry of Finance, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
The total general revenues of the central government
during the first half of 2022 amounted to JD4.1 billion, compared to JD3.785
billion, during the same period of the previous year, an increase of JD313
million, or 8.3 percent.
The total expenditure of the central government
during the first half of 2022 reached to JD4.950 billion, compared JD4.620
billion during the same period of the previous year, recording an increase of
JD328.8 million, or 7.1 percent.
The increase in total spending came as a result of
an increase in current expenditures by JD176.4 million, or 4.2 percent, and an
increase in capital expenditures by JD152.4 million, or 39.5 percent.
The financial
developments resulted in recording a post-grant financial deficit in the
general budget of the central government during the first half of 2022 of
JD847.4 million, compared to a post-grant financial deficit of JD831.7 million
during the same period of the previous year, while the pre-grant financial
deficit before external grants amounted to about JD929 million during the first
half of 2022, compared to a pre-grant financial deficit of JD908.8 million
during the same period of the previous year.
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