巴西利亚11月11日电 - 巴西政府周三提出了新的遏制开支方式,作为一揽子方案的一部分。规划部长布鲁诺·莫雷蒂表示,预计该方案明年将使公共财政状况最多改善600亿雷亚尔(约合108亿美元)。
BRASILIA, Nov 11 - Brazil's government proposed on Wednesday new ways to curb spending as part of a package that Planning Minister Bruno Moretti said was expected to improve the public finances by up to 60 billion reais ($10.8 billion) next year.
莫雷蒂在国会听证会上表示,其中一项措施将为必要时实施额外预算冻结铺平道路,将实际支出增长限制在2%,低于现行财政框架设定的2.5%上限。
Moretti told a congressional hearing that one of the measures would pave the way for additional budget freezes if needed, limiting real spending growth to 2%, below the 2.5% cap set under the current fiscal framework.
莫雷蒂发言后不久,总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦执政的工人党重要成员雅克·瓦格纳正式向参议院提交了该提案。
Shortly after Moretti spoke, Jaques Wagner, a prominent member of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's ruling Workers' Party, formally filed the proposal in the Senate.
投资者对巴西的财政前景感到担忧,给卢拉施加了压力——他在上个月连任第四个任期——要求他遏制开支,使不断上升的公共债务走上更可持续的道路。
Investors are concerned about Brazil's fiscal outlook, putting pressure on Lula — who was reelected for a fourth term last month — to curb spending and put rising public debt on a more sustainable path.
市场对这位左翼总统10月25日连任的反应是抛售巴西雷亚尔,并推高了长期利率,拖累了股市。
Markets reacted to the leftist president's October 25 reelection sending the Brazilian real lower and lifting long-term interest rates that weighed on equities.
莫雷蒂表示,该方案预计明年将产生500亿至600亿雷亚尔的财政影响,随后几年的节省将更大,并补充说这些措施将提供更多工具来遏制开支和审查税收支出。
The package is expected to have a fiscal impact of 50 billion to 60 billion reais next year, with larger savings in subsequent years, Moretti said, adding that the measures would provide more tools to curb spending and review tax expenditures.
他表示,政府还在文本中提议全面削减税收优惠。如果需要冻结支出,政府可以启动一项机制,限制利用税收抵免抵消税收负债。
The government also proposed in the text an across-the-board reduction in tax breaks, he said. If spending freezes are needed, the government could activate a mechanism limiting the use of tax credits to offset tax liabilities, he said.
莫雷蒂表示,这些措施将为公共财政提供约500亿雷亚尔的额外缓冲,而限制某些支出的提案将使该方案的预计财政影响总额达到600亿雷亚尔。
The measures would provide the public finances with an additional buffer of roughly 50 billion reais, while proposals to cap certain expenditures would bring the total estimated fiscal impact of the package to 60 billion reais, Moretti said.
部长表示,该方案将保障政府明年实现相当于国内生产总值0.5%的初级盈余目标,并为卢拉的竞选开支承诺提供空间。
The minister said the package would safeguard the government's target of a primary surplus equivalent to 0.5% of GDP next year and accommodate Lula's campaign spending pledges.
根据巴西的财政框架,政府可以将一系列支出排除在目标计算之外,2027年该部分金额约为650亿雷亚尔。目标还设有相当于国内生产总值(GDP)0.25个百分点的双向容忍区间。
Under Brazil's fiscal framework, the government can exclude a range of expenditure from the target calculation, amounting to about 65 billion reais in 2027. The target also includes a tolerance band equivalent to 0.25 percentage points of GDP in either direction.
莫雷蒂表示,政府“绝对确信”明年将实现相当于GDP 0.1%的实际初级盈余,这一目标已纳入8月提交国会、尚待批准的2027年预算案中。
Moretti said the government was "absolutely certain" it would achieve an effective primary surplus of 0.1% of GDP next year, as incorporated in a 2027 budget proposal submitted to Congress in August, which is still awaiting approval.
据莫雷蒂透露,该方案包含一项提议,即将意外石油收入排除在净经常收入计算之外,此举将实际上限制强制性医疗支出的增长。根据巴西财政规则,最低医疗支出与净经常收入的份额挂钩。莫雷蒂说,该计划还包括遏制公共部门过高薪酬的措施。
According to Moretti, the package includes a proposal to exclude unexpected oil revenue from the calculation of net current revenue, a move that would effectively limit growth in mandatory health spending. Under Brazil's fiscal rules, minimum health spending is linked to a share of net current revenue. The plan also includes measures to curb excessive public-sector pay, Moretti said.
强调卢拉支持者中可能存在的抵触情绪,工人党议员林德伯格·法里亚斯表示,若在缺乏更广泛辩论的情况下强行推动该方案通过国会,可能会导致执政联盟分裂。
Highlighting potential resistance among Lula's supporters, Workers' Party lawmaker Lindbergh Farias said pushing the package through Congress without broader debate could fracture the governing coalition.
“这里不是橡皮图章,”法里亚斯说。“这里的人关心的是让卢拉政府成功。”莫雷蒂表示,财政方案的部分内容旨在整理联邦预算,使政府能够兑现卢拉的社会承诺,包括在“家庭津贴”福利计划下发放更多现金补助。
"This is not a rubber stamp," Farias said. "People here care about making Lula's government succeed." Moretti said part of the fiscal package was intended to organize the federal budget in a way that allows the government to deliver on Lula's social promises, including larger cash handouts under the Bolsa Familia welfare program.
他说,政府不寻求倒退权利或社会福利,而稳健的公共财政是维护这些福利的必要条件。
He said that the administration was not seeking to roll back rights or social benefits and that sound public finances were necessary to preserve them.