Consequences of the pandemic: Public debt at record level at the end of 2021

At the end of 2021, the total public budget was 2,321.1 billion euros in debt. The reasons: At the federal level, but also in some countries, the management of the corona pandemic.

At the end of last year, public sector debt to banks and private companies reached a high of more than 2.3 trillion euros.

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