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Government Finance Statistics for Central Government (continued)

Table 19 - Summary indicators for central government
2011
Actual
2012
Forecast
2013
Forecast
2014
Forecast
2015
Forecast
2016
Forecast

$million

           
Net operating balance (13,906) (5,290) (3,964) 1,225 2,933 5,022
Fiscal Balance (Net lending/borrowing) (14,815) (6,765) (5,987) (738) 509 2,815
Cash surplus/(deficit) (10,144) (10,428) (8,597) (5,080) (2,377) 765
Net worth 77,841 67,199 61,500 61,866 64,601 69,415
Net financial worth 5,398 17,515 25,237 26,834 26,523 23,916
Borrowing 62,606 71,102 70,065 79,092 74,997 75,007

%GDP

           
Net operating balance (6.9) (2.5) (1.8) 0.5 1.2 2.0
Fiscal Balance (Net lending/borrowing) (7.4) (3.3) (2.7) (0.3) 0.2 1.1
Cash surplus/(deficit) (5.1) (5.0) (3.9) (2.2) (1.0) 0.3
Net worth 38.9 32.3 28.2 26.7 26.5 27.2
Net financial worth 2.7 8.4 11.6 11.6 10.9 9.4
Borrowing 31.3 34.2 32.2 34.1 30.7 29.3

The following tables provide additional detail around the calculation of the key indicators.

Table Name of the statement What the statement shows
20 Statement of operations A summary of the results of all transactions during an accounting period.
21 Statement of other economic flows Changes to stocks of assets, liabilities and net worth that come about from sources other than transactions.
22 Balance sheet Stocks of assets and liabilities and the corresponding net worth.
23 Statement of sources and uses of cash A summary of all cash flows presented using classifications similar to the Statement of Operations.
24 Statement of stocks and flows How the operating balance is applied to capital investment and debt repayment at a component level.
25 Reconciliation between GAAP and GFS operating balance The adjustments between the GAAP and GFS operating balance.
26 Reconciliation between GAAP residual cash and GFS cash surplus/(deficit) The adjustments between the GAAP and GFS cash indicators.

The GFS manual (on the IMF's website) should assist with definitions for some of the terminology used in this section.

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