Surging Expenditures Push Mid-Year Budget Deficit Over 90bln Birr The federal government posted a budget deficit of 93.6 billion Birr in the first half of the 2025/26 fiscal year (EFY 2018), as a sharp rise in public spending outpaced strong revenue growth, according to the latest mid-year budget implementation review released by the Ministry of Finance. The report shows that while total revenues and […]