Public debt inches down in Q3

The national public debt at end-Q3 decreased by 0.5 percent q/q to PLN 972.2 billion, the Ministry of Finance reported. Compared to end-2016, the debt increased by 0.7 percent. The government subsector debt has dropped by 4.83 billion (by 0.5 percent), local government subsector debt decreased by 191.5 million (0.3 percent), while social security subsector saw its debt drop by 3.3 million (0.6 percent).