MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 23/12/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome, it's time for your economic news in Morocco. The situation of the treasury charges and resources
00:15reveals a budget deficit of 50.6 billion dirhams at the end of November, against 51.5 billion dirhams recorded a year earlier.
00:25According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, this positive evolution is explained by an increase in revenues of 41.6 billion, slightly exceeding that of global expenses with 40.8 billion dirhams.
00:38The net revenues of tax reimbursements show a 93.3% increase in the financial law of 2024.
00:48On the expense side, the ordinary charges have reached 279.2 billion dirhams, with a progression of 16.2 billion.
00:57As for the investment expenses, they were established at 85.9 billion dirhams, with an achievement rate of 85.5% compared to forecasts.
01:09We continue with the latest statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
01:14Tax revenues reached 263.77 billion dirhams at the end of November, marking an increase of 12% compared to the same period of the previous year.
01:24This level represents an achievement rate of 97.4% compared to financial law forecasts.
01:32Tax on companies recorded a progression of 6.7 billion dirhams, mainly thanks to the improvement of accounts receipts and the complement of regularization.
01:42Tax on income also experienced a significant increase of 13.8% to 6.4 billion dirhams, carried by tax on income on wages and profits.
01:54On its side, the tax on added value increased by 8.3 billion dirhams, supported by a resumption of consumption and an improvement in performance in imports and imports.
02:06Income tax revenues have progressed by 12.2%, with a notable performance of income tax on energy products and tobacco.
02:16In addition, non-tax revenues reached 48.8 billion dirhams, against 35.9 billion a year before.
02:25At the front of national economic news is also the price index.
02:28Consumption recorded last November an increase of 0.8% compared to the same month of the year 2023.
02:35According to the High Commissioner for Plans, this variation is the result of an increase in the food product index of 0.8% and that of non-food products of 0.7%.
02:47For non-food products, the variations range from a drop of 3.8% for transport to a rise of 3.6% for housing, gas, electricity and other fuels.
02:59Compared to October 2024, the consumption price index experienced a drop of 0.2% due to a rebound of 0.4% of the food product index and a stagnation of the non-food product index.
03:15In international economic news, the Italian data protection authority announced that it had inflicted a fine of 15 million euros on the American company OpenAI for fraudulently using personal data from its chatbot, ChatGPT.
03:32This is a minor sum because the company has shown itself cooperative during the investigation, said the independent authority in charge of protecting fundamental rights and freedoms.
03:42The investigation, which lasted nearly two years, concluded that OpenAI did not have a suitable age verification system to prevent children under the age of 13 from being exposed to inappropriate content generated by artificial intelligence.
03:57In addition to the fine, the authority indicated that it had ordered OpenAI to run a six-month awareness campaign to promote better knowledge of ChatGPT by the general public.
04:09We continue our newspaper in the United States, where inflation has continued its rebound in November.
04:15Over a year, the PCE index, which is the one favored by the Federal Reserve for its monetary policy decisions, has progressed from 2.4% in November to 2.3% a month earlier.
04:28According to White House chief economist Laila Brainard, prices are still too high for American working families, while authorities will continue to fight to lower costs on essential expenses such as housing, food and health.
04:43Underlying inflation, that is, those excluding energy and food prices that are considered more volatile, has remained stable compared to the previous month at 2.8% over a year.
04:56We come to the end of our edition today, good luck with the programs on our antenna.