State, businesses and households should 709 billion – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The state debt, non-financial companies and households increased in April to 709 billion euros, according to figures updated on Thursday by the Bank of Portugal. The largest debt share continues in particular.

According to the central bank in April, the EUR 709 million parted to between 301,400 million in debt of the public sector and 407,600 million the private sector. Here, in turn, are non-financial companies who take the lead.

Looking at the industry sector, the largest concentration of loans is in the construction and real estate activities, followed by trade. By size, they are large companies who are responsible for most of the private debt (about 31% of the total). Micro-enterprises represent, in turn, 26% of the debt of private companies.