The government debt ratio declined slightly between the second and third quarters of 2018 in the EU and the eurozone, while the government deficit rate increased over the same period, according to figures published by the European Union Statistical Office (Eurostat) on Monday 21 January.
The government debt to GDP ratio went from 86.3% to 86.1% in the eurozone and from 81.0% to 80.8% in the European Union (see EUROPE 12124). The decline is more marked than in the third quarter of 2017,...