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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11115

5 July 2014
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) economy
Public debt tends to be financed by bonds rather than shares

Brussels, 03/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - A report on the structure of government debt in the EU published by the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, on Thursday 3 July shows that, in 2013, 81% of public debt in the EU28 was financed by issuing securities (bills, bonds, etc. excluding shares and financial derivatives), 16% by loans and 4% by currency and deposits.

The highest proportions of public debt financed by securities other than shares in 2013 were in Malta (92% of total debt), the Czech...

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