Brazil’s federal public debt (DPF) rose from 9.293 trillion reais in August to 9.383 trillion reais in September, a nominal increase of 0.97%. The National Treasury released the figures in its September Monthly Debt Report on October 29.
The increase reflected 89.46 billion reais in accrued interest and a net debt issuance of 764.34 million reais. Domestic federal securities debt rose 1.04% to 9.037 trillion reais. External federal debt fell 0.82% to 345.41 billion reais (66.67 billion US dollars).
Domestic debt’s share of the total rose from 96.25% in August to 96.32% in September, while the external debt share fell from 3.75% to 3.68%. Floating-rate securities’ share declined from 52.74% to 51.60%. The share of securities linked to price indexes rose from 23.22% to 23.59%, while fixed-rate securities increased from 20.31% to 21.14%.
