September 29 (SeeNews) - Serbia's central government debt decreased by 0.5% month-on-month to 24.3 billion euro ($27.3 billion) at end-August, data from the country's Public Debt Administration (PDA) show.
The debt was equivalent to 72.1% of gross domestic product (GDP), down from 72.5% at the end of July.
Including non-guaranteed debt of local governments, the general government debt decreased 0.5% to 24.7 billion euro, or 73.2% of GDP.
Details follow (in millions of euro and percent of GDP):
|
end-August, mln euro |
end-July, mln euro |
end-August, %/GDP |
end-July, %/GDP |
Direct liabilities |
22,137.5 |
22,207.6 |
65.8 |
66.0 |
-internal debt |
8,804 |
8,846.1 |
26.2 |
26.3 |
-external debt |
13,333.6 |
13,361.5 |
39.6 |
39.7 |
Indirect Liabilities |
2,134.1 |
2,174.8 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
-internal debt |
468.1 |
484.7 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
-external debt |
1,666 |
1,690.1 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
Central government public debt |
24,271.6 |
24,382.4 |
72.1 |
72.5 |
Non-guaranteed local government debt |
381.5 |
384.5 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
General government public debt |
24,653.1 |
24,766.8 |
73.2 |
73.6 |
($=0.891719 euro)