ECONOMY

Greek debt at 159.1 pct of GDP

Eurostat, the European Union?s statistics office on Monday said Greece?s debt soared to 159.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2011.

The figure, which is the highest in the euro area, is up from 138.8 percent a year earlier, 154.7 percent in the second quarter.

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