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Armenia’s total public debt exceeds $6 billion in April 2017

YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Armenia’s public debt reached $6 037.3 million b y late April 2017 after growing 0.68% or by $41.2 million over one month, the National Statistical Service reports.

According o the statistical report, the country’s foreign debt grew by 24.8 million to $4 852.3 million.

The government’s debt here amounts to about $4 329 million (growth by 19.6 million), and that of the central bank amounts to $523.1 million (growth by 5.2 million).

Armenia’s domestic debt grew by $16.3 million to $1 185 million. The government bonds bought by residents total about $1 054.6 million, bonds in foreign currencies total $121.3 million and domestic guarantees $9 million.

In the 2017 government budget the country’s nominal public debt is projected at $6.245 billion against $5.849 billion in the 2016 budget. —0—

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