Budgets

The share of food and non-alcoholic beverages in households' overall expenditure was 22.8 percent, followed by housing and rent at 22.4 percent last year, a survey by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has shown.

Transport expenditure was the third largest expenditure item, with a share of 21.3 percent, according to TÜİK's Household Budget Survey.

If after June 10 there is no adopted budget for the year or a new extension of last year's budget, the state will only be able to spend as much as it collects. This becomes clear in the response of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance after a question from the National Radio whether, in the worst case scenario, there will be funds for pensions and salaries in the public sector.

Eight out of ten parents cut back on items such as eating out, entertainment and clothing in order to allocate resources for their children's school expenses in Türkiye, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos, a market research and consulting firm.

Ljubljana – The government is meeting this evening to discuss the budgetary documents for 2022 and 2023 which must be sent to parliament by 1 October.

No two families are alike. Depending on the size of the family, its lifestyle, the country of residence and thousands of other tiny factors, the budgets of two seemingly similar families can be completely different. Thus, there is no universal family budget common for all people.

Housing expenses had the largest share in Turkish people's total budgets at 24.8 percent in 2014, followed by food and non-alcoholic drink expenditures at around 19.7 percent, according to the Household Budget Survey 2014, the results of which was released by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K) on Nov. 17. 

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic stated on Monday that the Ministry's 2015 budget would be lower by RSD 20 billion, and added that the greatest savings will be ensured through expenditure reduction and lower subsidies, while lowest savings will be made in the investment sector.

Premier Victor Ponta reiterated on Wednesday that the 2015 draft budget will be adopted at the December 10 Government meeting, arguing that a "balanced" budget formula can be reached for next year, given the growth of economy and budget revenues.