LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 17 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's gross foreign debt decreased 0.2% month-on-month to 43.1 billion euro ($50.5 billion) at the end of May, preliminary central bank data showed.
Net external debt dropped to 8.4 billion euro at the end of May from 8.73 billion euro at the end of April, the data indicated.
General government gross foreign debt fell 3.1% on the month, reaching 21.6 billion euro at the end of May. The debt of the central bank grew to 3.1 billion euro at the end of May from 2.70 billion euro a month earlier.
The debt of deposit-taking corporations, excluding the central bank, rose 0.3% month-on-month to 3.55 billion euro at the end of May, the debt of the non-financial sector added 2.4% to 11.1 billion euro, while inter-company lending decreased to 3.73 billion euro from 3.83 billion euro.
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