Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Tatiana Tishchenko Author-Name-First:Tatiana Author-Name-Last: Tishchenko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: THE STATE BUDGET IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2014 Abstract: According to the data of the Federal Treasury, in January–September 2014 federal budget revenues rose by 0.8 p.p. of GDP as compared to the respective period of the previous year. Within 9 months of 2014, oil and gas revenues of the federal budget increased by 0.6 p.p. of GDP, while non-oil and gas revenues, by 0.2 p.p. of GDP as compared to the respective period of 2013. Within the same period, federal budget expenditures decreased by 0.2 p.p. of GDP as compared to January–September 2013; on the basis of the results of execution of the federal budget in January–September 2014 a surplus of 2.2 p.p. of GDP of the federal budget was registered. Despite the forecasted further decrease in oil prices to $80 a barrel, the Government of the Russian Federation does not plan to introduce changes in the draft federal budget for 2015 and the 2016–2017 period which is currently considered in the State Duma. Classification-JEL: H61, H50, H20, H70 Keywords: State budget Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 11 Month: November Pages: 20-23 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/416Tishchenko.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:416