Surplus for Swedish central government in April
Swedish central government payments resulted in a surplus of SEK 14.5 billion in April, in line with the Debt Office`s forecast of SEK 14.0 billion. Higher than expected tax income was offset by lower income from dividends and higher interest payments on central government debt.
Tax income was about SEK 8 billion higher than forecast, mainly due to higher supplementary tax payments. Dividend income was SEK 4 billion lower than expected as dividends from the Riksbank and Telia, which were projected in April, instead will be paid in May and October, respectively.
The Debt Office`s net lending to government agencies was SEK 0.6 billion lower than forecast.
Interest payments on central government debt were SEK 4.9 billion higher than forecast. This is mainly due to capital losses in connection with switch auctions in inflation-linked bonds which were higher than assumed in the Debt Office`s February forecast.
For the twelve-month period up to the end of April 2016, central government payments resulted in a surplus of SEK 23 billion.
Central government debt amounted to SEK 1,305 billion at the end of April.
The outcome for May will be published on 8 June at 9.30 a.m.
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| Central government net borrowing requirement1 (SEK million) | ||||||
| Outcome April | Forecast April | Deviation April | Acc. Dev2 | Outcome 12-month | ||
| Net borrowing requirement | -14 484 | -13 982 | -502 | -5 442 | -22 923 | |
| Primary borrowing requirement excl. net lending3 | -13 917 | -9 103 | -4 814 | -10 901 | -44 277 | |
| Net lending to agencies etc. | -2 654 | -2 097 | -558 | 651 | 5 742 | |
| Interest payments on central government debt | 2 087 | -2 782 | 4 869 | 4 808 | 15 612 | |
| - Interest on loans in SEK | 2 502 | -2 433 | 4 935 | 3 608 | 15 130 | |
| - Interest on loans in foreign currency | -159 | 2 | -161 | 114 | 42 | |
| - Realised currency gains and losses | -255 | -351 | 96 | 1 087 | 439 | |
| 1 The net borrowing requirement corresponds to the budget balance with opposite sign. | ||||||
| 2 Sum of monthly forecast deviations since the latest forecast (February 2016). | ||||||
| 3 Net of the state`s primary expenditure and income excluding net lending to agencies. | ||||||
More data on the borrowing requirement and government debt:
https://www.riksgalden.se/en/For-investors/Borrowing-and-the-government-debt/
The monthly outcome of the central government net borrowing requirement is included in the official statistics of Sweden.
Sweden`s central government debt April 2016
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Source: Riksgälden via GlobeNewswire
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