Public finance bulletin November 2003

<p><h3>Headline comparisons</h3><ul> </p><p><li><em class="bold">Central government current receipts</em> in the first seven months of the financial year are 5.4% up on the </p><p>same period last year. The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 7.3% for the year as a </p><p>whole. </p><p><li><em class="bold">Central government current spending</em> in the first seven months of the financial year is 9.2% up on the </p><p>same period last year. The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 7.0% for the year as a </p><p>whole. </p><p><li><em class="bold">Public sector next investment</em> in the first seven months of the financial year is 94.2% up on the same period </p><p>last year. The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 76.3% for the year as a whole. </p><p></ul></p>