24/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – At the end of the third quarter of 2019, the government debt-to-GDP ratio averaged 86.1% in the euro area, compared with 86.4% at the end of the second quarter. In the European Union, the ratio also decreased from 80.4% to 80.1% of GDP. Debt securities accounted for 80.8% of government debt in the euro area (81.6% of that of the EU), loans for 15.5% and 13.6% respectively, and currency and deposits for 3.8% and 4.8%. The highest government debt ratios were...