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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9178

25 April 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy/budget
Deficit drops, but debt increases in EU in 2005 (nine Member States exceed 60%)

Brussels, 24/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - The public deficits of the Member States fell in 2005, whereas debt levels experienced a new increase in the euro zone as well as in the EU of 25. The public deficit of the euro zone rose from 2.8% of GNI in 2004 to 2.4% in 2005, whilst debt rose by a percentage point (from 69.8% of GNI to 70.8%). For the EU as a whole, the hike in debt was the same, rising from 62.4% of GNI in 2004 to 63.4%. The deficit to GNI ratio fell from 2.6% to 2.3% in the same...

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