Brasília – Brazil’s federal national debt, comprising domestic and foreign debts, was down 1.91% in nominal terms, from BRL 3.112 trillion (USD 1 trillion) in December to BRL 3.053 trillion (USD 982.3 billion) in January. The data was made available this Monday (20) by the National Treasury Secretariat.
The Secretariat’s general coordinator for Public Debt Operations, Leandro Secunho, said debt levels went down in January due to net maturity, i.e. security maturities outnumbered issuance. “January maturities are equivalent to 30% of whole-year ones,” he said.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum