The federal public debt is the total the government owes through its bonds. It rose 1.91% in April, from R$8.633 trillion to R$8.798 trillion, the Treasury said on Wednesday. That is about US$1.74 trillion. The figure first crossed R$8 trillion last August. It has kept climbing since. The Treasury’s annual plan sees the total ending 2026 between R$9.7 trillion and R$10.3 trillion. Most of the debt is domestic, owed in reais to local investors. That portion rose to R$8.462 trillion. The smaller external slice, owed abroad, edged up to R$335.9 billion. [...]