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Meanings of public debt in English

The total amount of all government securities outstanding.

Usage of public debt in English
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U.S. and European officials agree their current public debt levels are unsustainable.
Reuters
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Without faster growth, Italy won't be able reduce its huge public debt.
The Irish Times
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The company also noted it had no public debt maturing until 2013.
Reuters
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Irish public debt rose and the country faced austerity, privatisation and liberalisation.
The Guardian
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Meanwhile Japan's public debt position worsens, raising the stakes of the gamble.
Reuters
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It has not issued public debt since it nearly defaulted in 2009.
Reuters
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The Bank could purchase no public debt nor exceed 6 per cent.
A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the...
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The progress of refunding the public debt has been rapid and satisfactory.
State of the Union Addresses
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These were the chief and most burdensome items of the public debt.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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Its public debt is around 40 percent of GDP, half of Germany's.
Reuters
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The biggest and most immediate is the country's mountain of public debt.
The Irish Times
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Third, the whole notion of public debt turns out to be ill-defined.
The Guardian
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The government estimates public debt at about 180 per cent of present GDP.
The Irish Times
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The East African nation raised its public debt ceiling last year.
Reuters
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Today Ireland has one of the lowest public debt ratios in the EU.
The Irish Times
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It will certainly bequeath far bigger public debt and central bank balance sheets.
The Irish Times
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