AlQa'dah 7, 1434, Sep 13, 2013, SPA -- Spain's public debt hit a new record in the second quarter, rising to nearly 943 billion euros (1.25 trillion dollars), dpa cited the Bank of Spain as saying Friday. In the first quarter, the debt had amounted to nearly 923 billion euros. The debt now makes up 92.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) - above the target of 91.6 per cent that the government had set for the entire year. Spain's public debt was below 40 per cent of GDP before the global financial crisis hit the country in 2008.
