1.   The budget is compiled by Roberto Dias and Beth Karlin in New York.

2.   The ministry compiles national budgets, collects taxes and supervises the banking industry and brokerages.

3.   The ministry is considered powerful because it has the function of compiling a budget, with which it can threaten other ministries.

4.   The second and third stages will occur in the fall, when the parliament will hold an extraordinary session, and in December when the final budget is compiled.

5.   The targets contained in the economic planning document are needed to compile the budget, and are also used to set wage increases.

6.   These forecasts are needed to compile the budget, and are also used to set wage increases.

7.   This is one reason why the argument that the Finance Ministry should be stripped of the power to compile budgets has not gained momentum.

8.   The budget is usually compiled in the last week of December.

9.   The annual budget is usually compiled by the government in the final week of December before being sent to parliament early in the new year.

10.   The annual budget is usually compiled by the government in the final week of December before being sent to the parliament early in the new year.