STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
Public debt
12|2016
December 2015
February 1st, 2016
Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.15 of
the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, public debt statistics for December 2015 1.
euro of the debt net of deposits of central government to 217.7 billion euro at the end of December
In December 2015, public debt reached 231.1 billion euro (Chart 1), a decrease of 0.2 billion euro
when compared with the previous month (Chart 2).
This variation reflects a decrease in loans (1.6 billion
euro) and net issuances of securities (1.4 billion
euro), namely long-term debt securities.
The Banif resolution operation had an impact in the
December 2015 public debt figure through the inclusion of the debt securities issued by Oitante (0.7
billion euro), an entity created in this context. Additionally, the capital transfers made by the State and
the Resolution Fund to Banif resulted in an increase
of 2.3 billion euro in the debt net of deposits, due
to the reduction of deposits.
The decrease in deposits of central government
(4.4 billion euro) was greater than the reduction of
2015.
public debt, resulting in an increase of 4.1 billion
Chart 1 • Public debt
Chart 2 • Public debt | monthly change
by instrument
10
240
8
6
4
0
-2
-4
Public debt
-6
Public net debt of deposits of Central
Government
-8
Preliminary information until the March 2016 notifica-
tion of the excessive deficit procedure.
Loans
Currency and deposits
Dec-15
-10
Jun-15
Dec-15
Jun-15
Dec-14
Jun-14
Dec-13
Jun-13
Dec-12
Jun-12
Dec-11
160
Securities
Dec-13
180
1
2
Dec-14
200
Jun-14
In billion euro
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: March 1st, 2016
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