STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
Public debt
46|2016
March 2016
May 2nd, 2016
Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.15 of
the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, public debt sta-
billion euro) and a reduction in loans (0.3 billion
euro).
tistics for March 2016.
In March 2016, public debt reached 233.0 billion
euro (Chart 1), an increase of 1.7 billion euro when
compared with the previous month (Chart 2). This
increase reflects net issuances of securities (1.4 billion euro), an increase in currency and deposits (0.5
The increase of public debt was greater than the increase in deposits of central government (1.1 billion
euro), resulting in an increase of 0.6 billion euro of
net debt of deposits of central government to 218.6
billion euro at the end of March 2016.
Chart 1 • Public debt
Chart 2 • Public debt | monthly change
by instrument
240
10
8
6
220
In billion euro
In billion euro
4
200
180
160
Mar-12
2
0
-2
Public debt
-4
Public net debt of deposits of central
government
-6
Securities
Loans
-8
Currency and deposits
-10
Mar-13
Mar-14
Mar-15
Mar-16
Mar-14
Sep-14
Mar-15
Sep-15
Mar-16
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: June 1st, 2016
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