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Thai junta says wider budget gap no burden for future govt
Published Mon, Jan 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Bangkok
THAILAND'S military-led government will not leave its successor with large debts as a result of a 56 per cent increase in the budget deficit planned for the next fiscal year, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.
The junta is struggling to revive South-east Asia's second largest economy after taking power in a coup in May to end months of political unrest.
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