Category
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government debt
total amount of debt owed to lenders by a government/state
European sovereign-debt crisis
multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries since late 2009
Paris Club
international organization
sovereign default
failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full when due
Drago Doctrine
announced in 1902 by the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis María Drago
London Club
organization
debt crisis
situation in which a government loses the ability of paying back its governmental debt
financial repression
United States debt ceiling
limit on the amount of debt the United States is allowed to owe
internal debt
part of the total government debt in a country that is owed to lenders within the country
debt limit
legislative mechanism restricting the total amount that a country can borrow
debt brake in Germany
amendment to the German constitution