24 August 2001, 15:43 Japan yr to March 2003 budget requests to reach 85 trln yen - report
TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Spending requests for the the year to March 2003
general budget, to be submitted by the end of this month, are expected
to total about 85 trln yen, almost 2 trln yen more than the size of the
year to March 2002 budget, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, without
citing sources.
The budget requests include 47.8 trln yen for general expenditures
and an estimated 18 trln yen for paying off interest and redeeming
government bonds, it said.
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