21369_not-searchable
/en/offentlig-sektor/statistikker/statsregn/arkiv
21369
Decreased expenditures
statistikk
2003-06-06T10:00:00.000Z
Public sector
en
statsregn, Central government revenue and expenditure, duties (for example duties on documents, inheritance tax, VAT), taxes (for example income tax, capital tax, tax to the central government), national budget, financing needs, central government's deficit and surplus, transfers to municipalities and county authorities, revenue from petroleumCentral government finances , Public sector
false

Central government revenue and expenditure, Q1 2003

Content

Published:

This is an archived release.

Go to latest release

Decreased expenditures

In the first quarter 2003, the Central government fiscal account including the National Insurance Scheme, shows a decrease in total expenditures of approximately NOK 11 billion. In the first quarter 2003 government expenditures amounted to NOK 147 billion, compared with NOK 158 billion first quarter 2002.

The decline in expenditures can mainly be explained by the change in ownership of public hospitals from local to central governments 1 January 2002. Consequently, the local governments were repaid for their accumulated debt connected to the hospital operations.

Together with a modest decline in government revenues, the expenditure decrease led to an increase in government surplus before net transfer to the petroleum fund of NOK 9 billion.