Brasília – Federal Public Debt (DPF) dropped 0.14% in September, as against August, falling from US$ 1.991 trillion (US$ 663 billion) to R$ 1.988 trillion (US$ 662 billion), as a result of R$ 13.84 billion (US$ 4.6 billion) in treasury bills, partly offset by the appropriation of R$ 11.02 billion (US$ 3.7 billion) in interest, according to figures disclosed on Thursday (24) by the National Treasury.
The issuing of public bonds totalled R$ 56.02 billion (US$ 18.7 billion) in the month, while a total of R$ 69.86 billion (US$ 23.3 billion) was redeemed, which resulted in a net value of R$ 13.84 billion (US$ 4.6 billion). Of the total redeemed, R$ 13.51 billion answered to securities debt and R$ 330 million to foreign debt.
Treasury Direct issues (sale of treasury bills to natural people on the internet) reached R$ 252.15 million (84 million), while the volume redeemed reached R$ 108.87 million (US$ 36.3 million), with the net issue of R$ 143.28 million (US$ 47.7 million). The bills most sought by investors were corrected by price indices, and they answered to 42.48% of the volume sold.
*Translated by Mark Ament
