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Finance Ministry: 2020 National deficit NIS 100b more than 2019 deficit

The Finance Ministry released a report estimating the government's national deficit for 2020 to stand at NIS 136.4 billion, Maariv, The Jerusalem Post's sister publication, reported. 
The 2020 cumulative deficit, calculated for the month of January to November, amounts to nearly NIS 100 billion more than the 2019 national deficit which was estimated to be NIS  37.3 billion.