{"id":157016,"date":"2026-09-09T14:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/public-debt-in-the-dr-consumes-24-7-percent-of-state-revenue\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:28:21","slug":"public-debt-in-the-dr-consumes-24-7-percent-of-state-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/public-debt-in-the-dr-consumes-24-7-percent-of-state-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Public debt in the DR consumes 24.7 percent of state revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact of public debt on Dominican finances: An analysis of official figures<\/h2>\n\n<p>The economic landscape of the Dominican Republic reflects a significant challenge in managing its financial commitments. According to the most recent reports from the General Directorate of Budget (DIGEPRES), 24.7% of the total revenue collected by the State through September 2026 has been absorbed exclusively by interest payments on public debt.<\/p>\n\n<p>In absolute terms, the Government has collected RD$900.879 billion, of which RD$223.301 billion has been allocated to cover the interest generated by credit commitments. This figure underscores the constant pressure that debt service exerts on the national budget.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Budgetary projections and commitments<\/h2>\n\n<p>At the close of the 2026 fiscal year, interest payments are estimated to represent 2.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to budget planning, the total amount allocated to interest for this year will reach RD$311.003 billion, against projected revenues of RD$1.383 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Interest payments:<\/strong> RD$223,301 million executed as of September.<\/li><li><strong>Principal payments:<\/strong> RD$65,310.8 million accrued out of a total of RD$121,192.6 million budgeted.<\/li><li><strong>Fiscal deficit:<\/strong> A year-end close below 4.0% is projected, currently standing at 3.2%, which is competitive compared to the 4.7% regional average.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The structure of public debt continues to be a critical variable for national finances, although economic growth indicators offer a positive counterbalance for the country&#8217;s macroeconomic stability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Economic growth and sectoral dynamism<\/h2>\n\n<p>Despite financial obligations, the Dominican economy shows remarkable resilience. As of July, GDP recorded a cumulative growth of 4.5%, a figure that doubles the performance observed in 2025 and exceeds projections for Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n<p>This dynamism is driven mainly by four key sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction Sector<\/li><li>Financial Sector<\/li><li>Mining<\/li><li>Tourism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Thanks to this performance, the authorities maintain a growth projection of 4.5% for the end of the year, consolidating the country as one of the fastest-growing economies in the region.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact of public debt on Dominican finances: An analysis of official figures The economic landscape of the Dominican Republic reflects a significant challenge in managing its financial commitments. According to the most recent reports from the General Directorate of Budget (DIGEPRES), 24.7% of the total revenue collected by the State through September 2026 has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[4422,4675,15293,15292],"class_list":{"0":"post-157016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-budget","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-gdp","11":"tag-public-debt"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}