January 31 (SeeNews) - Croatia's gross foreign debt edged up 0.4% month-on-month in October, reaching 42.6 billion euro ($45.8 billion), preliminary central bank figures showed on Tuesday.
Year-on-year, Croatia's external debt was 9.9% lower in October.
Croatia's foreign debt details follow (in billions of euro):
|
Oct'16 |
Sept'16 |
Oct'15 |
General govt |
14.75 |
14.72 |
15.82 |
Central bank |
1.70 |
1.65 |
2.15 |
Other monetary financial institutions |
4.89 |
4.90 |
6.96 |
Other sectors |
15.67 |
15.60 |
16.53 |
Direct investments |
5.56 |
5.54 |
5.76 |
Total |
42.56 |
42.41 |
47.22 |
The country's gross external debt totalled 45.5 billion euro at the end of 2015, down 2.4% year-on-year.
($=0.9299 euro)