The internal public debt of Moldova in January-April 2022 decreased by 1 billion 248.4 million lei (-3.8%), amounting to 32 billion 033 million lei by as of the end of April.
At the same time, in April, compared to the previous month, it decreased by 163.1 million lei (-0.5%). It should be mentioned that the record figure of internal public debt of Moldova was registered at the end of July, 2021, when it constituted 34 billion 333.6 million lei, while at the end of March, 2022 it was 32 billion 196.1 million lei. According to the Ministry of Finance, the decline in domestic public debt in the 4 months of this year occurred mainly due to the reduction of the volume of government securities in the primary market. In particular, at the end of April 2022, the debt on state securities issued in the primary market amounted to about 17 billion 476.22 million lei, which is by 1 billion 301.9 million lei (6.9%) less than at the end of 2021 (18 billion 778.15 million lei), and accounted for 54.6% of the total volume of domestic state debt. At the same time, the debt on bonds issued for the fulfillment by the Ministry of Finance of payment obligations arising from state guarantees dated November 17, 2014 and April 1, 2015, at the end of April 2022 amounted to 12 billion 351.2 million lei, without changing, compared to the situation at the end of 2021. It accounted for 38.5% of the total amount of Moldova's domestic public debt at the end of April 2022. At the same time, the debt on converted government securities at the end of April 2022 amounted to 2 billion 205.56 million lei, having increased, compared to the situation at the end of 2021, by 53.52 million lei (+2.5%) and amounted to 6.9% of the total amount of domestic public debt at the end of April 2022. According to the Ministry of Finance, in January-April 2022, the weighted average interest rate on government securities sold at auctions was 12.55% (by types of government securities: 91 days - 12.96%, 182 days - 12.34%, 364 days - 12.68%, 2 years - 12.93%, 3 years - 12.87%, 5 years - 9.43%, 7 years - 10%), which is more by 7.57 percentage points compared to the same period of the previous year. As InfoMarket agency reported earlier, Moldova's domestic public debt in 2021 increased by 4 billion 045.8 million lei (+ 13.8%), amounting to 33 billion 281.4 million lei at the end of December 2021. // 11.05.2022 - InfoMarket
