Rabat, Jan. 18 -- According to the High Commissioner for Planning (HCP) Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, Morocco's economy will be weighed down by debt in 2019.

Lahlimi said that the overall public debt of the economy will increase to 82.5 percent of GDP, slightly up from 82.2 percent in 2018.

According to Lahlimi, "Debt is becoming heavier and we must try to increase national savings through good support and a good distribution of household income, support for the activities of SMES (small business and medium-sized enterprises)."

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He added that the situation also requires the further mobilization of both Moroccan capital, administration, consumers, civil society, ...