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   Tanzania: the budget came out better than the IMF forecast in 11 years out of 13

   Each April the IMF forecasts the next year. For Tanzania, in 2011–2023 the budget came out better than forecast in 11 of 13 years, typically by 1.7 percentage points of GDP. The biggest miss: 2011 — in October 2010 the IMF expected a deficit of 6.5% of GDP, the outcome was a deficit of 3.5% of GDP.

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

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