The public debt, from the perspective of Maastricht, which counts for Brussels, increased by 2.5 billion euros in April, totaling 273.4 billion euros, the Bank of Portugal announced this Monday, June 3 ( BdP).
“This increase reflected the increase of 1.9 billion euros in debt securities (Treasury bills and bonds) and the increase of 0.7 billion euros in loans, mainly short-term” , justifies the central bank.
Public administration deposits totaled 12.0 billion euros in April, 1.8 billion euros less compared to March.
Deducted from these deposits, says the BdP, the public debt increased by 4.3 billion euros, to 261.4 billion euros.
The BdP will release public debt data again on July 1st.
