As of July 31, 2007, the stock of the public external debt administrated by the Government of Moldova stood at USD 745.9 million (MDL 9030.7 million). According to the information from the Ministry of Economy and Trade, the public external debt rose by 10.5% (USD 70.7 million) as compared to the same period last year. To repay public and publicly-guaranteed external debts, there were used USD 28.7 million (MDL 360.7 million), including USD 9 million (MDL 114.2 million) to pay interests. The stock of the public internal debt constituted MDL 3756.1 million as of July 31, 2007, of which credits extended by the National Bank of Moldova MDL 1973.4 million and State Securities (SS) – MDL 1782.7 million. Compared with the similar period last year, the public internal debt decreased by 2%.