In a note published this Monday (5) the Ministry of Economy again stated that the budget and financial situation at the end of 2022 is challenging.
According to the Pasta, there was an atypical and above-expected increase in mandatory expenses with social security benefits of R$ 9.2 billion from a financial perspective and R$ 13 billion from a budgetary perspective.
In addition, the annulment of the Provisional Measure that postponed the effects of the Paulo Gustavo law until 2023, meant, in practice, the creation of an extra mandatory expenditure of R$ 3.9 billion to be paid later this year, with no indication of source. resources to meet this expense.
According to the Economy, these two factors put pressure on the space within the spending ceiling to meet discretionary expenses.
As Broadcast showed, an additional block of BRL 5.7 billion was necessary and the total amount of frozen funds rose to BRL 15.4 billion.
The Ministry of Education, with BRL 1.434 billion, and the Ministry of Health, with BRL 1.396 billion, suffered the greatest contingencies on the Esplanada.
The Ministry of Defense suffered a budget blockade of BRL 599.6 million, the Ministry of Science and Technology, another BRL 379.6 million, and the Ministry of Infrastructure, another BRL 349.4 million.
“In order to comply with the constitutional provision of the ceiling, the Ministry of Economy was obliged to promote an additional block on the budgetary and financial limits of all ministries. As a result, important expenses that would have been incurred this year or at the beginning of 2023 will no longer be able to be committed and practically all discretionary expenses that would be paid in December are suspended ”, informed the Economy.
According to the economic team, by the middle of this month, it is possible that more accurate numbers for 2022 will be incorporated, in particular for mandatory expenses, which would lead to an update through a new income and expense assessment report.
“If there is this extemporaneous report and it results in the opening of fiscal space in relation to the expenditure ceiling, from a financial point of view, the requests of the ministries will be analyzed and, whenever possible, attended to”, he highlighted.
In addition, the Economy reported that it will guarantee the payment of all mandatory expenses, such as retirement, pensions and other INSS benefits, assistance benefits such as BPC and Auxílio Brasil, Unemployment Insurance, the payroll of public servants, among others.
Source: CNN Brasil
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