Armenia’s total state debt shrinks 0.6% to $4.525 billion in August

Armenia’s total state debt shrinks 0.6% to $4.525 billion in August

YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. Armenia’s total state debt amounted to
$4 525.2 million in late August 2014, after shrinking 0.6% over one
month, the National Statistical Service reports.

The country’s foreign state debt reduced by $16 million over the month
to $3 834.3 million, of which about $3 360.7 million is the
government’s debt, which contracted by $12.4 million, and $473.5
million is the central bank’s debt that shrank by $3.6 million.

According to the statistical report, Armenia’s internal debt amounted
to $15.6 million in late August after reducing by 15.6 million over
the month.

Government bonds acquired by residents total $654.9 million here –
bonds in foreign currencies amount to $27.6 million, loans to $6
million and internal guarantees $2.3 million. –0—-

From: Baghdasarian