Siluanov said that the NWF decreased by 63 billion rubles in June
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The National Wealth Fund (NWF) of Russia decreased by 63 billion rubles. in June and amounted to about 12.3 trillion rubles. This was announced by the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, writes Interfax.
“This is due, first of all, to the revaluation, based on the fact that part of the funds was invested in gold, part is accounted for in the currencies of friendly countries,” the minister explained. He noted that the volume of the fund as of January 2023 was 10.435 trillion rubles.
Siluanov also added that the liquid part as of July 1 remained virtually unchanged compared to June 1 – now it is 6.446 trillion rubles, while last month it was 6.643 trillion rubles.
In May, the volume of the NWF decreased by 122.4 billion rubles. and amounted to 12.35 trillion rubles. (8.2% of GDP), reported the Ministry of Finance.
In May, the Ministry of Finance updated the estimate of the federal budget deficit in the first quarter of 2023 – it was executed with a deficit of 2.086 trillion rubles. Earlier, Vedomosti wrote that federal budget revenues amounted to 5.7 trillion rubles. according to the results of January – March 2023, which is 21% lower than the first quarter of 2022. The decrease is due to a decrease in income from energy exports, the Ministry of Finance explained then. According to the current budget law, revenues for 2023 are planned in the amount of 26.1 trillion rubles, expenses – 29 trillion, thus, the deficit is expected at the level of 2.9 trillion, or 2% of GDP.
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