The federal government announced a new blockade of BRL 5.7 billion in the 2022 federal budget. With the new restriction, the government has already blocked a total of BRL 15.4 billion of the budget planned for this year. The information was disclosed this Tuesday (22), in the presentation of the Report in the Evaluation Report of Primary Revenues and Expenditures for the 4th bimester.
According to the Ministry of Economy, the need for the blockade is due to a payment of BRL 2.3 billion in social security benefits, and the payment of BRL 3.8 billion to the cultural sector resulting from the Paulo Gustavo law.
Previously, in the release of the last report in September, the Ministry of Economy had announced a budget block in the amount of R$ 2.6 billion. That’s because, in the portfolio’s evaluation, the total blockade needed to be R$ 10.5 billion.
Before that, in September, the ministry promoted the release of R$ 4.8 billion in the Budget. This unlocking was done only for parliamentary amendments, for state benches and for rapporteur amendments.
Primary surplus
The federal government raised the primary surplus forecast for this year to R$ 23.4 billion in public accounts. If it comes to fruition, this will be the first positive result for the government since 2013.
The projection is due to an improvement in the fiscal situation in relation to the previous assessment, released in September, which predicted a surplus of BRL 13.5 billion for the 2022 fiscal year.
For 2023, however, the government has already forecast a deficit for public accounts, according to the 2023 Budget Bill sent to Congress. According to the government, the result should be a deficit of R$ 65.9 billion.
With the increase in revenue, the federal government reached the highest value in the Treasury’s historical series in transfers to states and municipalities. According to the Ministry of Economy, the values ​​reached R$ 464 billion, which corresponds to 4.8% of GDP.
Source: CNN Brasil
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