Execution of the Federal Budget in January-September 2018

Tatyana Tischenko – Senior Research fellow of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute; Senior Research fellow of the Budget Policy Department, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In January-September 2018, dynamics of federal budget revenues sped up. Based on the results of the past three quarters, their growth was equal to 2.4 p.p. of GDP (up to 18.9% of GDP). Administration of the budget as regards expenditures lags behind the rates of the previous year. Such trends permitted to facilitate a 3.5% of GDP surplus of the federal budget.

Key words: federal budget, budget revenues, budget expenditures, budget surplus.