Panama’s state-sector debt has surged to $21.7 billion
Friday, September 16, 2016
Panama’s public sector debt rose to $21.7 billion at the end of August, marking an increase of $1.8 billion at the same stage of last year.
Meanwhile, the economy grew by 4.9 percent in the first half of the year by comparison with the same period of last year, marking a return to growth after five consecutive quarterly declines.