Government finance statistics – Summary tables 1/2009: Data 1996-2008. 2009 edition

The tables in this publication present government finance statistics (GFS) data by Member State, for the EU27 and Eurozone and for Iceland and Norway. The GFS presentation shows, in an integrated way: government revenue, government expenditure, government deficit, transactions in assets, transactions in liabilities, other economic flows, and balance sheets. It gives a clear picture of the links between these data. The publication is intended primarily for national governments, Central Banks, economic analysts and academics with an interest in government finance, though could also be of interest to the wider public. Other references on the same subject are for example: Eurostat Manual on Government Deficit and Debt, Taxation trends in the European Union and GFS website. The value-added in comparison with other publications is that it provides an overview of government finances from several angles with consistency of information. The publication covers a 13-year period (1996-2008).