TABLE-Czech FinMin details budget deficit projections

...deficit to shrink to 3.2 percent of GDP next year 
if the parliament passes measures aimed at revamping the budget. 
    The figures were in line with earlier statements by 
government officials. 
    The government has said it expected the tax and spending 
overhaul it proposed earlier this month to bring the deficit to 
3.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008 under the 
country's fiscal-targeting rules, but that under the EU's ESA 95 
rules the gap would be by about 0.2 percentage points higher. 
    For Factbox on the government's tax and spending proposals, 
double click on [ID:nL03553262]. 
 
 PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT 
                                  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010 
 Under ESA 95* (pct/GDP)          2.9   4.0   3.2   2.9   2.5 
 Under FinMin rules (pct/GDP)     3.2   4.1   3.0   2.6   2.3 
 
    NOTE. * General government balance, as measured under the 
EU-harmonised ESA 95 methodology = central state budget, local 
budgets, healthcare insurers and various agencies and funds. 
 
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/DEFICIT