Quarterly government accounts, 3rd quarter 2015
In the 3rd quarter of 2015, the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to a 4.1 billion ISK deficit or 0.7% of quarterly GDP and 1.8% of general government total revenue. Compared to 5.5 billion ISK deficit in the 3rd quarter of 2014 or 1.0% of GDP in that quarter. In first nine months of the year, the deficit amounted to 22.1 billion ISK, 3.3% of the total revenue.