Thu, 22 May 2014 11:01:05 GMT
U.K. budget gap increases in April
Public sector borrowing in the United Kingdom surprisingly climbed in April of the current year, considerably exceeding analysts' forecasts. In total, the government borrowed 9.6 billion pounds last month, up from 6.1 billion pounds in March, while experts awaited the indicator to fall to 3.5 billion pounds. Meanwhile, the central government debt reached 1,270.8 billion pounds or 75.6% of GDP.