In November 2020 non-financial sector indebtedness stood at €742.8 billion, of which €338.7 billion referred to the public sector and €404.1 billion to the private sector.

Compared with October 2020, non-financial sector indebtedness increased by €2.1 billion. This was caused by the €1.4 billion raise in public sector indebtedness and by the €0.7 billion increase in private sector indebtedness (Chart 1).

The rise in public sector indebtedness was mainly reflected in the increase of financing granted by the general government (€2.4 billion) and the financial sector (€1.0 billion), partly offset by the reduction of financing granted by the external sector (€2.0 billion) (Chart 2).

Regarding private sector indebtedness, households' financing from the financial sector increased by €0.4 billion. The corporations' indebtedness increased by €0.3 billion, mainly through the increase in financing granted by the external sector (€0.4 billion), partly offset by the reduction of financing granted by the financial sector.

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