Instead, they focused exclusively on US foreign debt, ignoring household debt (mortgage and consumer debt), public debt, business debt, and financial debt.

Debt instruments linked to a foreign currency

Our foreign debt, or more appropriately our eternal debt, cannot and should not be paid.

Their total foreign debt has already exceeded 300 billion.

A debt standstill arose in September 1985 when South Africa defaulted on the repayment of 13.6 billion of foreign debt, which was over half of its total outstanding foreign debt at that time.

It has paid off its foreign debt and built up foreign currency reserves of 450 billion.

b Total public debt denominated in pesos and foreign currency.

In part, the decline was due to increased holdings of foreign public debt relative to private debt.

And the evidence confirms that the euro crisis is not really about sovereign debt, but about foreign debt.

The Territory's foreign debt stood at 50 million, while the domestic debt was estimated at 40 million.5

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Special communiqué on the swapping of foreign debt for investment in education

My delegation believes that resolving the foreign debt crisis requires bold steps.

1. Foreign debt of the capital importing developing countries, 1983 1993 10

At the end of 2011, China s Treasury bond debt stood at 7.2 trillion, and its ratio of foreign debt to foreign exchange reserves reached 21.8 , having grown by 27 since 2010.

In 2007, the mortgage and consumer debt to GDP ratio was more than 90 , compared to 24 for net foreign debt.

When the foreign share of debt grows, so do the political incentives to impose the costs of that debt on foreigners.

Exchange rate volatility compounds the debt problem through its effect on interest rates, foreign exchange earnings and reserves, and debt servicing.

This distinction between foreign and domestic debt is particularly important in the context of the euro crisis, because eurozone countries cannot devalue to increase exports if this is required to service foreign debt.

Countries that have outstanding debt in dollars or other foreign currencies are especially vulnerable.

The growth of foreign debt is certainly a negative facet of that indispensable aid.

61. The foreign debt of the country at this moment is over 10,000 million.

At the level of developing countries, foreign debt has multiplied fifteenfold in two decades.

On the verge of civil war, Iraq just announced a restructuring of its foreign debt.

Effects of economic reform and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

The pressure on foreign exchange resources was further intensified by the continued external debt overhang.

In general, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries maintain low or modest external debt stocks and debt to GDP ratios and have accumulated substantial foreign assets.

Nonetheless, we continue to transfer capital to rich countries to pay interest on our foreign debt.

Earlier this year, Mexico s foreign minister renegotiated 400 million of debt on which Cuba had defaulted.

Foreign lenders resulting caution would prevent future Egyptian governments from irresponsibly saddling their populace with debt.

With the current account deficit now exceeding 5 of GDP, US foreign debt is rising fast.

The volume of Greece s foreign debt has been reduced by more than 100 billion ( 130 billion).

If the IMF terminates its current program, Pakistan will be unable to service its foreign debt.

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

In matters of foreign debt, Spain wants to go beyond the requirements set by international agreements.

Foreign debt kept on growing even though developing countries had allocated enormous resources for its payment.

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

71. Foreign debt should no longer be described as a crisis but simply as a problem.

A third important class of foreign debt of developing countries is that owed to multilateral institutions.

Secondly, foreign debt constitutes another major cog in the wheel of development for many African countries.

Spain has also adopted measures on foreign debt that will enable our country to participate actively in multilateral debt cancellation initiatives for highly indebted poor countries.