STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
Public debt
25|2016
January 2016
March 1st, 2016
Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.15 of
the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, public debt statistics for January 2016.
(0.4 billion euro), namely through Treasury certificates (0.3 billion euro).
In January 2016, public debt reached 234.4 billion
The increase in deposits of central government (3.9
billion euro) was greater than the growth of public
euro (Chart 1), an increase of 3.3 billion euro when
compared with the previous month (Chart 2). This
increase reflects net issuances of securities (3.0 bil-
debt, resulting in a reduction of 0.6 billion euro of
net debt of deposits of Central Government to
217.1 billion euro at the end of January 2016.
lion euro) and an increase in currency and deposits
Chart 1 • Public debt
Chart 2 • Public debt | monthly change
by instrument
10
240
8
6
2
0
-2
-4
Public debt
-6
Public net debt of deposits of Central
Government
-8
Loans
Currency and deposits
Jan-16
-10
Jun-15
Jan-16
Jun-15
Dec-14
Jun-14
Dec-13
Jun-13
Dec-12
Jun-12
160
Securities
Dec-13
180
Dec-14
200
Jun-14
In billion euro
4
Dec-11
In billion euro
220
2
BANCO DE PORTUGAL • Public debt
Additional information available at:
Table A.15 of Statistical Bulletin
Statistical domain of financial accounts of BPstat|Statistics online
Supplement to the Statistical Bulletin on General Government Statistics
Next update: April 1st, 2016
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