TIRANA (Albania), March 25 (SeeNews) – Albania’s gross foreign debt totalled 8.3 billion euro ($9.4 billion) at the end of December, up 3.7% compared to the level recorded at the end of September, the country's central bank said on Monday.
The external debt of Albania's commercial banks, general government, central bank and non-financial sector increased in the fourth quarter, according to figures released by Bank of Albania.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
End-Dec |
End-Sept |
Total debt |
8,346.6 |
8,046.8 |
Commercial banks |
1,427.0 |
1,418.7 |
-short-term debt |
1,292.1 |
1,282.2 |
-long-term debt |
134.8 |
136.5 |
General government |
3,829.0 |
3,535.1 |
-short-term debt |
- |
- |
-long-term debt |
3,829.0 |
3,535.1 |
Central bank |
56.8 |
56.4 |
-short-term debt |
- |
- |
-long-term debt |
56.8 |
56.4 |
Other sectors |
1,346.0 |
1,342.7 |
-short-term debt |
371.1 |
355.8 |
-long-term debt |
974.9 |
986.9 |
Direct investment: intercompany lending |
1,687.8 |
1,693.9 |
Source: Bank of Albania
($=0.88466 euro)