General government debt by quarter

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: General government debt decreased by EUR 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2018 28 Jun 2018 General government EDP debt, or consolidated gross debt at nominal prices, totalled EUR 135.1 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2018. From the previous quarter, debt decreased by EUR 2.1 billion. These data derive from Statistics Finland's statistics on general government debt by quarter. Next release: 28 Sep 2018
Description:	The purpose of quarterly reporting on general government debt is to follow the indebtedness of public economies in EU Member States in accordance with the Stability and Growth Pact of the EU. The EU Regulation concerning quarterly reporting came into force in 2004. The statistics contain general government debt at the end of each quarter, divided by sub-sector into the debt balances of central government, local government and social security funds. Read full description >>>
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Change:	Information of central government guarantees will be published in the statistics on General government debt by quarter 29 Jun 2017 The publication of statistics on central government guarantees as a separate set of statistics ended in March 2017.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): General government debt by quarter [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-8034. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.8.2018].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/jyev/index_en.html