The debt of the non-financial sector, which brings together public administrations, companies and individuals, increased by 8,100 million euros in April compared to March, to 876,200 million euros, Banco de Portugal (BdP) announced today.
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Dthis total, eur 491,900 million concerned the private sector (private and private companies) and eur 384,300 million the public sector (public administrations and public enterprises).
In April, public sector debt rose by EUR 5,500 billion, mainly to the rest of the world (EUR 3,700 million) and general government (+1,500 million).
According to the BdP, the variation to the rest of the world resulted from investment in public debt securities (+3,600 million euros), both short (+2,400 million euros) and long-term (+1,200 million euros).
On the other hand, developments with general government mainly reflected the increase in deposits of social security funds with the Treasury (+600 million euro) and portfolio debt securities with this sector (+1,100 million euro).
The central bank also points to an increase in public sector debt to companies (+ EUR 200 million) and private individuals (+ EUR 400 million). On the contrary, public sector debt has decreased to the financial sector by EUR 300 million, mainly due to the divestment of long-term debt securities.
As for private sector debt, EUR 2,600 million increased: Private debt rose by EUR 1,300 million, mainly through house credit (+1 billion), while private business debt increased by EUR 1,300 million, reflecting the increase in external financing (+800 million) and the financial sector (+400 million).
In April, the indebtedness of private companies increased by 4.4% compared to the same month of the previous year, above 3.5% observed in March, prolonging the acceleration trend since the beginning of the year.
On the other hand, the debt of individuals rose by 9.0% compared to the homologous period, by 0.3 percentage points more than in March.