By Anadolu Agency
December 15, 2023 4:35 amANKARA
Türkiye’s central government budget posted a 75.6 billion liras ($2.6 billion) surplus in November, according to data released Friday.
It was the largest surplus since May, Treasury and Finance Ministry figures showed.
The figure improved from a deficit of 95.5 billion liras ($3.4 billion) in October, but worsened from a 108.3 billion liras ($6.5 billion) surplus in November 2022.
Budget revenues hit 746.8 billion liras ($26 billion), while expenditures stood at 671.2 billion liras ($23.4 billion) last month.
Non-interest expenditures came in at 576.6 billion liras ($20.1 billion), while interest payments reached 94.6 billion liras ($3.3 billion).
Excluding interest payments, the budget balance registered a 170.2 billion liras ($5.9 billion) surplus, while tax revenues totaled 668.5 billion liras ($23.3 billion).
In January-November, the budget balance posted a deficit of 532.4 billion liras ($23.3 billion).
Budget revenues reached 4.7 trillion liras ($203.9 billion) in the first 11 months of this year, while expenditures amounted to 5.2 trillion liras ($227.2 billion).
A US dollar traded for 28.6750 liras on average in November and 22.8574 liras in the 11-month period.
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