The total amount of all government securities outstanding.
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Examples for "national debt "
Examples for "national debt "
1 He insisted that efforts must continue to reduce the national debt burden.
2 NZ Increased taxes and national debt to pay for the war effort.
3 These developments will push up the cost of servicing the national debt .
4 Unemployment and emigration rose as growth contracted and the national debt soared.
5 Australia is willing to help Papua New Guinea refinance its national debt .
1 U.S. and European officials agree their current public debt levels are unsustainable.
2 Without faster growth, Italy won't be able reduce its huge public debt .
3 The company also noted it had no public debt maturing until 2013.
4 Irish public debt rose and the country faced austerity, privatisation and liberalisation.
5 Meanwhile Japan's public debt position worsens, raising the stakes of the gamble.
1 Earlier this month, Rieder said that long-term government debt was particularly risky.
2 You could of course eschew government debt altogether, looking elsewhere for diversification.
3 It also use reverse repurchase agreements collateralized by highly-rated EU government debt .
4 China has publicly promised to buy government debt from Greece and Spain.
5 British government debt prices extended losses after that comment by Mr King.
6 But almost half of euro zone government debt now has negative yields.
7 Prices of U.S. government debt fell as investors felt comfortable buying stocks.
8 Failing to do that could risk an economy-shaking U.S. government debt default.
9 But if slow growth and revenue shortfalls persist, government debt will increase.
10 Strength in stocks also sapped the safe-haven allure of U.S. government debt .
11 The cost of insuring government debt against default surged to record highs.
12 The Chinese and European data fueled price gains in U.S. government debt .
13 The Chinese and European data fuelled price gains in U.S. government debt .
14 MF has long-term agreements in which European government debt securities are collateral.
15 U.S. government debt prices slipped back as investors turned to riskier assets.
16 Zhou added that China's central government debt - to - GDP ratio is not very high.
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