Romania's Foreign Debt Rises to 77.9 Bln Euro at End-Oct – Table

The end-October figure includes 62.904 billion euro in long-term and medium-term foreign debt, which was 22.3% higher compared to end-2008, the central bank said in a statement.

The figure for the long-term and medium-term foreign debt includes government debt and privately-held debt.

Details of Romania's foreign debt follow (in billions of euro):

*Loans under Romania's stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed on May 4.

NOTES: Romania paid 8.242 billion euro on its long-term and medium-term foreign debt in the first ten months of the year. The long-term and medium-term foreign debt servicing rate, calculated as the ratio of debt payments to total exports, was 27.9% in the same period, compared to 31.5% at the end of 2008.

($=0.6778 euro)