Jordan's total public debt increased to 5% in 4 months

The total public debt due on Jordan increased to 5% during the first 4 months of this year, to reach 31.39 billion dinars (44.2 billion dollars), compared to 30.07 billion dinars at the end of 2019. Statistics published on Monday, June 22, showed that the debt The internal of Jordan reached at the end of last April about 18.93 billion dinars, while the external body during the same period recorded 12.4 billion dinars. The total public debt in Jordan constitutes 101% of the gross domestic product. Figures from the Central Bank of Jordan showed on Tuesday that the deposits of banks at the end of last April fell 1.1 percent to 34.91 billion dinars (49.2 billion dollars) compared to their level at the end of 2019. Jordanian banks' deposits amounted to 35.3 billion dinars at the end of 2019. The Central Bank of Jordan said on Sunday that expatriate remittances fell 5.9 percent in the first four months of this year to 800 million dinars ($ 1.128 billion) compared to the same period in ...