State Treasury debt increases

The debt of the State Treasury of Poland grew in October by PLN 8.04 billion, to PLN 910 billion, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement to the Polish press on Tuesday. What's more, since the beginning of the year, the statement read,  debt has risen by 9.1 percent. The Ministry listed several reasons for the increase: borrowing accounted for PLN 9.7 billion, reducing balances on budget accounts amounted to PLN 3.2 billion, foreign exchange differences amounted to PLN 1.9 billion, and the weakening of the Polish currency accounted for PLN 6.9 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance.