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The IMF estimates that Romania’s budget deficit will increase to 3.5% of GDP in 2017 following the populist measures taken this election year
The salary increases recently adopted by the Parliament will cause the increase of Romania’s budget deficit to about 3.5% of GDP in 2017, well above