FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT: CURRENT STATE, IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY OF RUSSIA

The article systematizes the indicators of economic security in the budgetary sphere. One of the most acute threats to economic security is the federal budget deficit. The analysis of the state of the federal budget deficit in the Russian Federation in 2019–2025 and the planning period 2026–2028 is carried out. During these years, the budget was mainly executed with a deficit, in the three-year perspective, the budget deficit will remain. However, in the difficult time for Russia of the pandemic and the CIS, the situation with the budget deficit remained under control. Russia managed not to enter the economic crisis zone, the federal budget deficit was below the threshold value of the economic security indicator. This was facilitated by the budget policy measures pursued in our country. In the three-year perspective, the emphasis in the implementation of budget policy will be on achieving national development goals through the implementation of new solutions, increasing the effectiveness of measures related to increasing the revenue side of the budget and optimal spending of budget financing. In the future, regular monitoring of the state of the budgetary sphere is necessary to keep the situation within acceptable limits and make timely adjustments to the planned plans.