SANTO DOMINGO. The total public sector, non-financial, debt, both internal and external totaled US$11.435 billion, which reflects an increase of US$117.4 million more with respect to June 2009.

The data is contained in the quarterly report on the situation and evolution of the public debt that was give to the Congress by the Minister of Hacienda.

Of the total debt, 62.9% corresponds to the foreign debt, which shows an unpaid balance of US$7.1965 billion, with an increase of US$97 million with respect to June 2009, as the result of "positive net flows" for US$57.8 and a positive variation of the exchange rate for US$39.2 million, the result of the depreciation of the value of the United States dollar in relation to other foreign currencies.

According to the report, 37.1% of the debt is for the internal debt that totaled US$4.238 billion, of which US$3.93 billion corresponds to debts of the central government and US$309.9 millions to the other institutions of the non-financial public sector.

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