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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11474

23 January 2016
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) economy
Debt and deficit fall in third quarter of 2015

Brussels, 22/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - Public debt in the eurozone stood at 1.8% of GDP in the third quarter of 2015 (2.2% in Q215) and public debt at 91.6% of GDP (92.3% in Q215), according to the figures released by the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, on Friday 22 January.

At the EU level the public deficit also fell, to 2.3% of GDP from 2.6% in Q215, as did the public debt, from 87.7% to 86.0% of GDP.

The highest ratios of government debt to GDP at the end of the third quarter of...