The government's budget proposal has a deficit of 12.4 billion euros. The Minister of Finance emphasizes that this is, however, one billion euros less than the current year.
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Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (PS) hailed the government's economic policy as a success when she opened the debate on next year's state budget in Parliament. - We have now worked hard for over three years, and the results everywhere look much brighter. The economy is growing properly for the first time in a long time, purchasing power is improving rapidly, Purra said. She called the recent data from Statistics Finland encouraging, stating tha…