Macedonia's end-Sept gross foreign debt rises 7.7% y/y

Macedonia’s public foreign debt increased 19% on the year to some $4.0 billion at the end of September and was equivalent to 37.13% of the country's GDP projected for this year, the central bank said in a statement published on its website.

The country's general government foreign debt rose to $2.72 billion at the end of the third quarter from $2.2 billion a year earlier.

($=0.8223 euro)