Israel's annual budget has hit a record NIS 110.5 billion (32.8 billion USD), accounting for 8.2 percent of the country's GDP, according to a report by Finance Ministry released on Sunday.
The report noted that figures were taken between September 2019 and August 2020, which accounts for much of the period of the coronavirus lockdown and subsequent government spending that accompanied managing the crisis.
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