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SOEs: Govt must reduce footprint
EDITORIAL: Reportedly, the financial health of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) is deteriorating fast, as net fiscal inflows from SOEs dropped to one-tenth in the first half of the last fiscal year. That is not a pretty picture, especially when the finance minister is very vocal about cutting losses in SOEs. There are a few reasons for this, such as historically low oil prices keeping profits depressed across the oil and gas supply chain. Now that prices have improved, a rising circular debt threatens to eat away at these gains. Achieving efficiency from SOEs remains difficult; they continue to ...
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