September 30 (SeeNews) - Moldova's foreign debt edged up to $2.040 billion (1.4 billion euro) at the end of August from $2.024 billion a month earlier, the country's central bank, BNM, said on Wednesday.
End-of-month foreign debt figures released by the BNM exclude trade credits, non-resident deposits in Moldovan banks and local currency in possession of non-residents. The BNM releases figures for those liabilities quarterly, in a balance of payments report.
The central bank does not comment on changes in the country's foreign debt figures.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. Dollars):
|
End-August'09 |
End-July'09 |
TOTAL |
2,040.0 |
2,024.3 |
STATE DEBT |
773.2 |
768.7 |
DEBT TO IMF |
154.8 |
158.4 |
PRIVATE DEBT |
1,266.8 |
1,255.6 |
NOTE: Moldova's foreign debt includes state debt, which comprises liabilities to the IMF, government debt and private sector debt guaranteed by the government, as well as debt accrued by the country's private sector without government guarantees.
($=0.6831 euro)