The National Treasury Secretary, Rogério Ceron, said on Thursday, 30, that the primary result in 2024, with a deficit of 0.36% of GDP (including expenses with Rio Grande do Sul), is the second best result of decade, highlighting the fiscal recovery process.
“Although we have challenges ahead, it is undeniable that the fiscal recovery process was intense. The result of 2024 is substantially lower than market projections, ”he just said in a press conference about the 2024 tax balance.
Expenses the expenses with Rio Grande do Sul, the break was R $ 11 billion, fulfilling the target of the fiscal frame with “relative clearance”, he noted. “We warned during the year we would be closer to the center of the goal,” said Fernando Haddad’s assistant.
The primary result accumulated in Lula 3 management was -1.19% of GDP. According to Ceron, it is the smallest of the last three cycles of government, with a “trend” of improvement.
He also pointed out that the relationship of total expense and GDP closed by 18.67%, the third lowest level of the decade, he said.
In December, expenses fell 33.3%. According to the secretary, this large fall is mainly due to the payment of government precatory in the last month of 2023. This comparative effect of precatory is also noticed over 2024, which recorded a retreat in 0.7%spending.