The burden of external indebtedness is one of the most serious obstacles to progress.

All of this represents an utterly unexpected recovery from the vast public and private external indebtedness of just a decade ago.

Since most African countries depend on from two to three main primary commodity exports for the bulk of their foreign exchange earnings, their external performance and external indebtedness are directly influenced by short term instability of primary commodity prices.

Following the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990 s, emerging economies began to accumulate massive foreign exchange reserves to protect themselves against the risks of external over indebtedness.

Recovery of indebtedness to the Fund

All of this represents an utterly unexpected recovery from the vast public and private external indebtedness of just a decade ago. Indeed, Argentina s sharp rebound has generated a huge accumulation of foreign reserves for the country.

These rules must allow for a gradual reduction in indebtedness.

Indebtedness must also be properly incorporated into the scale methodology.

According to the so called Lawson Doctrine, rising current account deficits and external indebtedness generated by the private (as opposed to the public) sector are immune to the dangers that proved so destructive in the early 1980s.

7. Welcomes initiatives that have been undertaken to reduce outstanding indebtedness

To quit the eurozone would only increase their level of indebtedness.

The consequences of this excessive indebtedness will take years to undo.

Local governments indebtedness soared, and fixed investment surged toward an unprecedented 50 of GDP.

Nor can it remain indifferent to the increasingly unacceptable indebtedness of its university students.

It will take years to overcome the excessive indebtedness and real estate overhang that resulted.

Different countries capacity to act depends on their indebtedness, foreign exchange reserves, and current account deficits.

But in the end, these very different circumstances produced a common and inherently simple problem over indebtedness.

The increased indebtedness of households is already leading to higher bankruptcy rates, and will likely dampen the recovery.

Despite tight monetary policy and foreign exchange regulations, the scheme has boosted trade and investment while reducing intraregional indebtedness.

Yet the financial crisis and the ensuing recession go only so far towards explaining these high levels of indebtedness.

And, given Japan s high level of public indebtedness, the risks of collateral damage and unintended consequences are potentially higher.

And, as long as housing prices rose as a result of lower interest rates, Americans could ignore their growing indebtedness.

By the end of 2010, the CDB s reach extended to more than 90 countries, whose total indebtedness reached 141.3 billion.

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Usually, low interest rates lead firms to borrow more to invest more, and greater indebtedness is matched by more productive assets.

Bank lending to sovereign borrowers has been a double disaster, fostering over indebtedness, especially in countries with irresponsible or corrupt governments.

The Greek and Irish bailouts are only temporary palliatives they do nothing to curtail indebtedness, and they have not stopped contagion.

The current system relies on ad hoc mechanisms, which generally operate too late, after high indebtedness has already imposed devastating effects.

The more diversified economies, in contrast, face larger public debt burdens and much greater challenges in maintaining sustainable levels of indebtedness.

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I would like to point out that indebtedness is a form of bondage and indebted economies are economies that function under constraints.

They find themselves in situations of eviction, heavy indebtedness, unemployment and under the indifferent regard of a society where many live comfortably.

The odious poverty, the HIV AIDS pandemic and persistent indebtedness in many African countries were identified as the areas of particular concern.

This external dependence increases their vulnerability to external economic threats and shocks.

Rising production costs and falling prices for their products is a recipe for indebtedness, and debt is the main cause of farmers suicides.

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