TABLE-Czech end-Sept foreign debt 40.99 bln euros

    The Czech Republic's total foreign 
indebtedness rose to 40.99 billion euros at end-September from a 
revised 39.94 billion euros at the end of June, the central bank 
said on Friday. 
    The new EU member country's foreign debt accounted for 37.0 
percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 
September, the central bank added. 
 
FOREIGN DEBT           END-SEPT 06    END-JUNE 06    END-SEPT 05 
 in bln euro              40.99          39.94          37.67 
 in bln CZK            1,161.387      1,138.080      1,113.219 
 in bln USD               51.91          50.78          45.37 
INVESTMENT BALANCE     END-SEPT 06    END-JUNE 06    END-SEPT 05 
 in bln euro             -34.07         -32.50         -28.58 
 in bln CZK             -965.225       -925.958       -844.591 
 in bln USD              -43.14         -41.31         -34.42 
 NOTE: All figures are preliminary. 
 
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