Brasília – Brazil’s Federal Public Debt, i.e. internal plus external debt, shrank by 0.44% from BRL 3.779 trillion in September to BRL 3.763 trillion in October, the Brazilian Ministry of Finance’s National Treasury Secretariat reported this Monday (26).
Internal federal bond debt – i.e. the portion of the public debt that’s payable in Brazilian currency – shed 0.17% going from BRL 3.628 trillion to BRL 3.622 trillion.
External federal debt also shrank, by 6.73% over September to BRL 140.95 billion (USD 37.91 billion) at the end of October.
As per the government’s Annual Financing Plan (PAF), public debt may end the year at between BRL 3.78 trillion and BRL 3.98 trillion.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum