Mr. Lavaron Sangsnit, Director–General of the Fiscal Policy Office and Ministry of Finance’s Spokesperson stated that in the first 7 months of fiscal year 2019 (October 2018 – April 2019), the government has received 1,336,783 million baht in revenue. The government budget disbursement was at 1,956,666 million baht. To finance such deficit, the government has borrowed 236,778 million baht. Therefore, the treasury reserve at the end of April 2019 was at 263,956 million baht.
Government’s Fiscal Balance on Cash Basis Report: The First 7 Months of Fiscal Year 2019 (October 2018 – April 2019)
Unit: Million Baht
First 7 Months Change (%yoy)
2019 2018 Amount Percent
1. Revenue 1,336,783 1,294,670 42,113 3.3
2. Expenditure 1,956,666 1,844,576 112,090 6.1
3. Budgetary Balance (619,883) (549,906) (69,977) (12.7)
4. Non Budgetary Balance 13,625 (30,801) 44,426 144.2
5. Cash Balance (3+4) (606,258) (580,707) (25,551) (4.4)
6. Deficit Financing 236,778 334,818 (98,040) (29.3)
7. Cash Balance after Financing (5+6) (369,480) (245,889) (123,591) (50.3)
8. Treasury Reserve 263,956 277,869 (13,913) (5.0)
As of May 15th, 2019
Source: Comptroller General’s Department and Fiscal Policy Office
Tel.: 0 2273 9020 # 3558, 3563
Source: Ministry of Finance