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   Denmark: the budget came out better than the IMF forecast in 13 years out of 14

   Each April the IMF forecasts the next year. For Denmark, in 2011–2024 the budget came out better than forecast in 13 of 14 years, typically by 2.6 percentage points of GDP. The biggest miss: 2022 — in April 2021 the IMF expected a deficit of 1.8% of GDP, the outcome was a surplus of 3.4% of GDP.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook 2007–2026Open on the chart →

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