EghtesadOnline: To cover its widening budget deficit of 395.4 trillion rials ($8.98 billion) in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Nov. 21), the government had to issue 106% more bonds compared with the corresponding period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers set the ceiling on Sunday for government, ministries, universities and municipalities' bond issuance as part of the next year’s (March 2018-19) budget at an aggregate of 1.78 quadrillion rials (about $38.86 billion at current exchange rate).