Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:A. Mamedov Author-Name-First:A. Author-Name-Last: Mamedov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:E. Fomina Author-Name-First:E. Author-Name-Last: Fomina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: REGIONS’ DEBT BURDEN: AWATING BUDGET LOANS Abstract: Over 11 months of 2015, regional debt growth came to nearly 5% against the turn of the year. Municipal debt growth during the same period constituted 1.5%. By the period-end for the entire year, the debt volume will increase further. However, growth rates, most likely, will slow down compared to 2014. By the end of 11 months, the budget loans share went up by 7.3 p.p. to 38.3% with simultaneous decline of the commercial loans share by 5.6 p.p. and state bonds by 1.4 p.p. in the debt structure. However, the situation signifi cantly diff ers in various regions: there are regions with public debt growth due to mainly commercial loans with already high level of accumulated debt. Classification-JEL:E60, E61, E64, E62 Keywords: debt, Russian Economy Journal: RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS Year: 2016 Issue: 2 Month: February Pages: 41-44 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/686Mamedov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:686