SKOPJE (Macedonia), July 2 (SeeNews) – Macedonia's gross foreign debt increased to 8.3 billion euro ($9.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, up 12.1% on the last quarter of 2017, according to data from the country's central bank, NBRM.
The external debt of Macedonia's general government and central bank also increased in the first quarter, according to figures released by the central bank on Friday.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
End-March 2018 |
End-Dec 2017 |
Government |
2,880.7 |
2,565.9 |
Central bank |
369.6 |
78.22 |
Deposit taking corporations |
552.1 |
562.2 |
Other sectors |
2,233.6 |
2,112.3 |
Direct investment: Intercompany lending |
2,261.9 |
2,084.7 |
TOTAL |
8,297.9 |
7,403.4 |
Source: NBRM
($ = 0.85579 euro)