Contents tagged with public debt
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Russia selling off US government debt
In April, Russia sold out half of the U.S. Treasury bills worth 47.5 billion dollars, leaving a $48.7 billion, according to the data published on the website of the U.S. Treasury.
Thus, Russia has fallen in the ranking of the US government debt holders from 16th to 22d place. China, holding $1.18 trillion of the US debt, and Japan, with $1.03 trillion, are at the top of the list.
On June 15, the President of the United States Donald Trump has launched a trade war against China, introducing a 2 …
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Ukraine’s state debt decreases by $422 million thanks to the strengthening of the hryvnia
The total public debt of Ukraine guaranteed by the state decreased by 11.34 billion hryvnia ($422 million) or by 0.6% to 1.97 trillion hryvnia ($75 billion) in May 2017, thanks to the strengthening of the hryvnia. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine, citing data from the Ministry of Finance.
Since the beginning of the year, the total national publicly guaranteed debt in hryvnia has increased by 2% or by 38.22 billion hryvnia ($1.5 billion).
In dollar terms, public debt in May increased by $1 …