Brazil’s Federal Public Debt (DPF) reduced 0.87% in January and the stock reached R $ 7,252.68 trillion, compared to R $ 7,316.07 in December last year, in nominal values, according to data from the National Treasury Secretariat, released on Wednesday (26).
In 2024, the Public Debt Internal Federal Furniture (DPMFI) had its inventory decreased by 0.23%, from R $ 6,966.88 trillion in the previous month to R $ 6,950.87 trillion in January, due to net redemption, in the amount of R $ 79.97 billion, neutralized in part by the positive interest appropriation, in the amount of R $ 63.97 billion.
Regarding the stock of external Federal Public Debt (DPFE), there was a negative variation of 13.57% over the stock calculated in December, ending January at R $ 301.81 billion (US $ 51.77billions), being r $ 249.21 billion (US $ 42.75 billion) for securities debt and $ 52.59 billion (US $ 9.02 billion) for debt contractual.
According to Central Bank data (BC), released in late January, gross debt closed 2024 by 76.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a high of 2.2 percentage points in the year.
According to the monetary authority, it was the second consecutive year of increase in Brazilian public debt. Since the beginning of the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), the country’s debt has advanced 4.4 percentage points.
The methodology used between the two folders is different. The BC considers all government obligations and includes the debts of states and municipalities, but does not take into account government assets.
Already the calculation of the Treasury, is considered all the stock of securities issued by the government, both in Brazil and abroad and the respective salaries.
