Palau - Net lending

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU)

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Palau was 970,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,826,220 in 2018 and a minimum value of -3,395,219 in 2008.

Definition: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
2008 -3,395,219
2009 -1,607,870
2010 -1,793,691
2011 2,510,799
2012 2,161,393
2013 1,674,021
2014 8,770,701
2015 14,429,980
2016 10,661,310
2017 13,329,240
2018 17,826,220
2019 970,000

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Palau was 0.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 6.26 in 2018, while its lowest value was -1.71 in 2008.

Definition: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
2008 -1.71
2009 -0.86
2010 -0.96
2011 1.28
2012 1.02
2013 0.76
2014 3.63
2015 5.15
2016 3.57
2017 4.67
2018 6.26
2019 0.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance