BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal public debt rose 1% in January from the month before to a fresh record high 5.06 trillion reais ($931.7 billion), the Treasury said on Wednesday, adding the total domestic debt stock rose 1.2% to 4.82 trillion reais.
Treasury also said the average maturity on the domestic debt stock in January rose slightly to 3.41 years from 3.39 years in December, and the average interest rate on domestic debt issues in December rose to 4.65% from a record low 4.44%.
($1 = 5.43 reais)
(Reporting by Jamie McGeever and Isabel Versiani)
