By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish private sector’s short-term foreign debt – debt that must be paid in the next 12 months – decreased by $3.7 billion in October to $16.8 billion from the end of December 2015, the country's central bank announced Wednesday.
The sector's long-term foreign debt increased by $12.3 billion to $207.6 billion over the same period, the bank said.
"As for the sectoral breakdown by the end of October, of the total long-term loans in the amount of $207.6 billion, 51.7 percent consist of liabilities of financial institutions, whereas 48.3 percent consists of liabilities of the non-financial institutions," the bank added.
More than half of Turkey's private sector long-term debt was in U.S. dollars, at 59.5 percent, with 33.7 percent in euros and 4.8 percent in Turkish liras.
Close to 47 percent of short-term debt was in dollars, followed by euros of 32.4 percent and 21.2 percent in Turkish liras.
"In the same period, of the total short-term loans in the amount of $16.8 billion, 81.3 percent consists of liabilities of financial institutions, whereas 18.7 percent consists of liabilities of non-financial institutions," the central bank added.