1.0Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Alwayshttps://citifmonline.comKojo Akoto Boatenghttps://citifmonline.com/author/kojo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jjB7sknCMT"><a href="https://citifmonline.com/2017/03/govt-predicts-6-5-percent-budget-deficit-for-2017/">Gov’t predicts 6.5 percent budget deficit for 2017</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://citifmonline.com/2017/03/govt-predicts-6-5-percent-budget-deficit-for-2017/embed/#?secret=jjB7sknCMT" width="600" height="338" title="“Gov’t predicts 6.5 percent budget deficit for 2017” — Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always" data-secret="jjB7sknCMT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has projected the government’s budget deficit target at 6.5 percent. [contextly_sidebar id=”fy0oyMf1uYivdVWVyoMNS8QE4uHojlVD”]This represents 13.2 billion cedis of the difference between the government’s revenue expectations for 2017 compared to the expenditure targets for the period. Government’s total revenue target for 2017 is estimated at 44.9 billion cedis against a targeted expenditure of  58.1 […]