Luxembourg, 01/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - Following the second notification by EU Member States on their data regarding government deficit and debt for 2001, Eurostat published the revised figures confirming the trends observed in the notification of March 2002. Having recorded a government surplus in 2000, the government balance of the Euro-zone and EU15 moved into deficit in 2001. Meanwhile government debt continued to fall in both zones in 2001, but at a slower rate than in 2000.
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