The debt was equivalent to 51.9% of the projected 2019 gross domestic product (GDP), down from 53.8% at the end of 2018, when the central government debt amounted to 23 billion euro, data posted on the finance ministry's website showed on Monday.
End-month details follow (in billions of euro):
Aug'19 | Dec'18 | |
Direct liabilities | 22.329 | 21.491 |
- internal debt | 9.962 | 9.414 |
- external liabilities | 12.637 | 12.077 |
Indirect liabilities | 1.504 | 1.524 |
- internal debt | 0.185 | 0.155 |
- external liabilities | 1.317 | 1.369 |
Central govt debt | 23.833 | 23.015 |
($ = 0.910748 euro)