Brasília – The Brazilian Public Federal Debt increased 3.5% in June over May: it went from R$ 2.496 trillion (US$ 743.8 billion) to R$ 2.583 (US$ 769.7 billion). The data was released this Monday (27th) by the National Treasury.
The Domestic Federal Public Securities Debt (DPMFi, in the Portuguese acronym) increased 3.81% and went from R$ 2.372 trillion (US$ 706.8 billion) to R$ 2.462 trillion (US$ 733.6 billion). The DPMFi is the federal public debt in the domestic market. It is paid in reais and collected through issuance of public bonds. The reason for the increase last month was the net issuance done by the government worth R$ 65.15 billion (US$ 19.41 billion). Besides, there was an incorporation of interests to the debt worth R$ 25.22 billion (US$ 7.5 billion).
On the other hand, the Federal External Public Debt (DPFe, in the Portuguese acronym) registered, in June, a decline of 2.35% over the results of the previous month, reaching US$ 39.09 billion, from which US$ 35.79 billion refer to securities debt (bonds) and US$ 3.3 billion to contractual debt. DPFe is the federal public debt running in the international market paid in other currencies.
According to the Annual Borrowing Plan (PAF), the government estimates the Federal Public Debt in 2015 around R$ 2.45 trillion to R$ 2.6 trillion (US$ 730.1 billion to US$ 774.8 billion).
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
