TABLE-Czech Q3 state debt edges up to CZK 746.3 bln

    The Czech Republic's gross central 
government debt rose to 746.3 billion crowns ($35.30 billion) at 
the end of September, from 728.9 billion at the end of June, the 
Finance Ministry said on Friday. 
    The table details the structure of state debt at the end of 
the period. 
    The headline number had previously been released on July 10. 
 
                         SEPT 06    JUNE 06    MAR 06    SEPT 05 
GOVERNMENT DEBT (CZK bln) 
 total outstanding        746.3      728.9     698.2      662.6 
  internal                626.7      611.4     582.5      554.6 
   treasury bonds         554.8      532.1     495.7      456.6 
   treasury bills          71.9       79.3      86.8       98.0 
  external                119.6      117.5     115.6      108.0 
 debt guaranteed by govt  437.7      444.1     444.9      521.6 
    NOTE. The table is prepared under IMF methodology. Data show 
levels at the end of the period mentioned. Figures are rounded 
and include central government liabilities in bonds, loans and 
other instruments but not the debt or liabilities from 
off-budget funds, social insurance funds or other government or 
quasi-government institutions. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
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 ($1=21.14 Czech Crown) 
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