The debt was equivalent to 52.0% 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.
End-month details follow (in billions of euro):
Oct'18 | Dec'18 | |
Direct liabilities | 22.482 | 21.491 |
- internal debt | 9.866 | 9.414 |
- external liabilities | 12.616 | 12.077 |
Indirect liabilities | 1.497 | 1.524 |
- internal debt | 0.179 | 0.155 |
- external liabilities | 1.317 | 1.369 |
Central govt debt | 23.979 | 23.015 |
($ = 0.903597 euro)