ARMENIA’S TOTAL PUBLIC DEBT DROPS BY 1.9% TO $4,354.5 MILLION IN FEBRUARY 2015

YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. Armenia’s total public debt stood at $4,354.5
million at the end of February 2015, having dropped by 1.9% from the
beginning of the year, the National Statistical Service (NSS) said.

According to official data, Armenia’s external debt fell by 3% to
$3,667 million in February. Of that amount about $3,244.7 million
were owed by the government, a decrease of 3% from the previous month.

Also about $422.3 million of the external debt were owed by the
Central Bank of Armenia. This figure decreased by 4%.

The government’s domestic debt grew by 4.7% to $687.4 million in
late February. Of that amount about $602.2 million were owed by the
government to resident buyers of government bonds.

The debt in foreign currency bonds amounted to $79 million. Also $4
million were owed as loans and $2.1 million as government guarantees.

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