Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says an Exchequer deficit of over €6.1 billion was recorded to the end of May 2020.
He says this reflects the ‘extraordinary measures’ taken by the Govt in recent months | Read more: https://t.co/i0jqIZuB4f pic.twitter.com/wh43PpGgbG
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 3, 2020
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will continue beyond the planned closure date | Read more: https://t.co/i0jqIZuB4f pic.twitter.com/FxjFx7nbNf
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 3, 2020
This afternoon.
Save yourselves, for pity’s sake.
Exchequer returns reveal €6.1bn deficit in May as Covid-19 spending soars (RTÉ)
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€6.1 BILLION and then there is a huge BLM protest the other day. You literally could not make this up if you tried ;-D
Whats your point?
#thanks blushirts
I see his chief advisory has recently changed his twitter bio from saying “always Keynesian” to just a one word mention of “Keynes.” It should say “Keynesian when it means austerity during economic growth but not Keynesian when it means spending during a recession.” But I suppose that was too long.