{"id":237821,"date":"2025-06-24T08:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=237821"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:09:39","slug":"dominican-republics-public-debt-rises-by-over-us3-75-billion-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/dominican-republics-public-debt-rises-by-over-us3-75-billion-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic\u2019s public debt rises by over US$3.75 billion in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237882\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pesos-dominicanos-N-Digital.png 1770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s public debt has surged by more than US$3.75 billion in the first four months of 2025, marking a 6.52% increase so far this year, according to official data from the General Public Credit Agency under the Ministry of Hacienda, N Digital reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of April 2025, the country\u2019s non-financial public sector (NFPS) debt \u2014 which includes both external and domestic liabilities \u2014 reached US$61.34 billion. This figure underscores a sustained upward trend in public borrowing, particularly since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2022 and 2025, the Caribbean nation\u2019s public debt has grown by US$9.49 billion, an increase of over 18% in just three years. When including the US$16.29 billion in liabilities held by the Central Bank, the Dominican Republic\u2019s consolidated public debt now totals approximately US$77.63 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the trajectory of the NFPS debt has followed a steady climb:<br>\u2022 2022: US$51.85 billion<br>\u2022 2023: US$54.83 billion<br>\u2022 2024: US$57.59 billion<br>\u2022 2025 (as of April): US$61.34 billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Economists point to several factors behind this continued debt growth, including the financing of fiscal deficits, interest payments on existing debt, and the challenging global economic environment \u2014 particularly rising international interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expanding debt burden has raised concerns across economic and social sectors, with analysts warning about its implications for the national budget, debt servicing costs, and the country\u2019s fiscal flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLD opposition party economist Ng Corti\u00f1as has cautioned that the growing debt could increase the risk of refinancing pressures. Experts are calling for a more disciplined fiscal policy and sustainable financing strategies to prevent long-term economic setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2025\/06\/23\/deuda-publica-de-rd-ha-aumentado-mas-de-us3753-millones-en-lo-que-va-de-ano\/\">N Digital <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s public debt has surged by more than US$3.75 billion in the first four months of 2025, marking a 6.52% increase so far this year, according to official data from the General Public Credit Agency under the Ministry of Hacienda, N Digital reports. As of April 2025, the country\u2019s non-financial public sector (NFPS) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/dominican-republics-public-debt-rises-by-over-us3-75-billion-in-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237883,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237821\/revisions\/237883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}