The October budget balance stayed in deficit as state expenditures saw double-digit growth amid modest revenue gains, the Finance department reported on Wednesday.

With barely two months left to the year, however, an analyst said the government—which claimed it would end 2015 with a strong spending kick—was set to miss the year’s deficit target.

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