Its growth was mainly influenced by the growth of gross fixed capital formation expenditure (by 36.4%), which was increasing significantly this year from one quarter to another. In comparison to the third quarter of 2017 general government substantially increased also expenditure on subsidies (by 11.3%), on intermediate consumption (by 7.1%), on social benefits in cash and in kind (by 5.3%) and on compensation of employees (by 4.5%).
K njihovi rasti so največ prispevali izdatki za bruto investicije v osnovna sredstva, ki so v letu 2018 iz četrtletja v četrtletje opazneje naraščali (in so bili za 36,4% višji kot v tretjem četrtletju 2017); sledili so izdatki za subvencije (ti so bili višji za 11,3%), izdatki za vmesno potrošnjo (za 7,1%), za socialna nadomestila v denarju in naravi (za 5,3%) in sredstva za zaposlene (za 4,5%).