10.02.2010 - Russia: Fund interest leads to January surplus
From Themoscowtimes.com: The government had a budget surplus of 2.4 percent of gross domestic product at the end of January, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday, a jump in revenues driven largely by income from last year's investments of the sovereign wealth funds. The Finance Ministry said budget income stood at 737.6 billion rubles ($24.3 billion) in January, while expenses were 671.4 billion rubles, leaving a surplus of 66.1 billion rubles.......................................Full Article: Source
Print