The internally held public debt to the National Bank of Moldova at the start of August was 2.21 billion lei. It has not changed during the last four months.
According to the central bank, the state debt on July 31 was serviced at an average interest rate of 18.14%, as against 16.97% on June 30.
The public debt consists of state securities included in the central bank's portfolio after converting the money borrowed earlier from the bank.
The central bank's foreign currency reserves on July 25 totaled US$1.661 billion.//REPORTER.MD
Publication date: 06 August 2008
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