LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), November 13 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's gross foreign debt fell 0.6% month-on-month to 43.24 billion euro ($50.3 billion) at the end of September, preliminary central bank data showed on Monday.
Net external debt declined to 9.63 billion euro at end-September from 9.97 billion euro at end-August, the data indicated.
General government gross foreign debt edged up 1.2% on the month, reaching 23.19 billion euro at end-September, while the debt of the central bank fell to 2.13 billion euro from 2.75 billion euro.
The debt of deposit-taking corporations, excluding the central bank, decreased 1.2% month-on-month to 3.87 billion euro at end-September, the debt of the non-financial sector fell 0.5% to 10.41 billion euro, and intercompany lending expanded 4.7% to 3.64 billion euro.
($=0.8587 euro)