The Dominican non-financial public debt continues to rise, according to the General Directorate of Public Debt, the government office that keeps track of the public debt. The public debt, without including the financial debt of the Central Bank. is now at US$32.8 billion, or 39.1% of the Gross Domestic Product. Of this, 65.4% is foreign debt, or US$21.46 billion, as reported in Diario Libre.
The consolidated public debt as of 31 December 2018 was US$40.97 billion. This is US$3.76 billion more than at the close of 2017.
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8 April 2019