Serbia's 7-mo Cons Budget Gap at 57.6 Bln Dinars (615 Mln Euro)

Budget revenue was 635 billion dinars through July, while spending totalled 692 billion dinars, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on its website. The ministry gave no comparative figures for the same period of 2008.

Last month the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to a rise in Serbia's 2009 budget deficit forecast to 4.5% of GDP from the 3.0% set initially under a 3.0 billion euro ($4.3 billion) loan deal signed with the lender in March.

Details from Serbia's consolidated budget follow as reported by the Finance Ministry (in billions of dinars):

(1 euro= 93.7329 dinars)