Greece’s public debt rose 341 million euros in Q3 2013

Greece’s public debt (General Government debt) rose by 341 million euros at the end of the third quarter 2013 to 317.31 billion euros compared to 317 billion euros

at the end of the second quarter, according to data announced by Eurostat on Wednesday.
Debt, as a percentage of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), rose to 171.8 percent from 168.8 percent at the end of the second quarter.
In the euro area, public debt fell in the third quarter in absolute terms for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2007.
Eurozone debt amounted to 8.8 trillion euros compared to 8.9 trillion euros at the end of the second quarter.
Euro area debt to GDP ratio fell to 92.7 percent from 93.4 percent.
Compared to the third quarter of 2012, Greece’s debt rose by 17.2 billion euros in absolute terms and 19.9 percentage points as a percentage of GDP.
Euro area debt to GDP ratio rose 2.7 percentage points compared to the third quarter of 2012.
Greece’s debt was made up of loans (128.3 percent of GDP), securities other than shares (42.9 percent of GDP) and currency and deposits (0.6 percent of GDP).
Securities other than shares accounted for 79.3 percent of euro area debt, loans for 17.9 percent and currency and deposits for 2.7 percent.
Intergovernmental lending, as a result the financial assistance granted to some member states, amounted to 2.4 percent of GDP for the euro area at the end of the third quarter.

source: ΑΜΝΑ