<h1>Fiscal deficit monitoring shows accelerated early-year deficit accumulation, signaling implications for budgetary oversight and fiscal planning.</h1> Controller General of Accounts data shows the central fiscal deficit at 29.9 per cent of the full-year target at July-end, higher than comparable points in the prior year and first quarter, highlighting the early-year pace of deficit accumulation relative to the government's stated full-year fiscal anchor and informing budgetary oversight and fiscal planning.