ANKARA The central government budget posted a deficit of 310 billion Turkish Liras ($8.4 billion) in February, up from the deficit of 154 billion liras in the previous month, data from the Finance Ministry showed on March 17. The budget deficit also widened by 102 percent year-on-year. Expenditures increased by 49.8 percent last month to more than 1 trillion liras, with interest expenditures surging 155 percent from a year ago to 140 billion liras. Non-interest expenditures amounted to 894