And the government debt to GDP ratio is around 190 , compared to 120 in Greece.

In 2012, French government debt levels reached 1.8 trillion euros, the equivalent of 90 of French GDP.

Government debt will no longer be backed up by taxpayers assets.

Debt servicing represents a significant proportion of government expenditure.

Indeed, the government debt to GDP ratio is about 20 , compared with more than 80 in the United States, 160 in Japan, and 60 90 in Europe.

The National State debt is expected to rise by R14 billion. 36

At that point, government debt will no longer be backed up by taxpayers assets.

Remarkably, Japanese savers soak up some 95 of their government s debt.

No one wants to navigate the precarious government debt dynamic that Japan faces, with debt levels far above 100 of GDP (even if one factors in the Japanese government s vast holdings of foreign exchange reserves.)

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

All central banks need to do is to keep printing money to buy up government debt.

And so as the government's debt becomes riskier and riskier, people start demanding higher and higher interest rate.

If Greece had to borrow at the market interest rate on ten year bonds, its deficit would rise by 6.5 of the Greek government debt or 11 of GDP.

And we see right over here the debt to GDP ratio is a percentage so this debt is a percentage of GDP , it's well over 100 .

Government financing for health care, of GDP, 1995 2001

Nonperforming loans will undoubtedly increase in response to the banking sector s exposure to some 1.7 trillion of local government debt, much of which was incurred during the stimulus of 2008 2009.

It calls for solutions that guarantee income and insulate government expenditure and repayment of debt from swings in oil prices.

Add the open public debt of 67 of GDP to this total, and the result is an overall German debt GDP ratio of about 340 .

In many of the LDCs, debt exceeds GDP the total outstanding external debt stock is equivalent to nearly two thirds of their combined GDP.

Domestic public debt today stands at roughly 205 of GDP, compared to around 85 in 1995.

Chief among these changes has been the adoption, in most countries, of flexible exchange rates and reduction of external debt, particularly government debt.

A direct effect of the higher interest rate would be to increase the budget deficit and the rate of growth of government debt.

But such a strategy can work only in countries where the duration of the government s debt is long and the interest rate on that debt is fixed.

Markets encourage the required debt discipline in a timelier manner by charging higher interest rates on government debt.

As a result, America s public debt has reached roughly 140 of GDP.

The debt GDP ratio varies a lot by country.

The annual budget deficit is nearly 10 of GDP, higher than any of the eurozone countries. With nominal GDP stagnating, that deficit is causing the debt GDP ratio to rise by 10 annually.

After varying between 25 and 50 of GDP for the past half century, the recent budget deficits have caused the debt to reach 62 of GDP.

So raising inflation is no cure for the government s current debt or future deficits.

It remains to be seen whether the outcome will be decided on the basis of unemployment or state debt.

France s debt GDP ratio is already around 90 even if its 2013 budget deficit does not exceed 3.5 of GDP, its debt GDP ratio will have climbed to 93 by the end of the year.

In all four countries, there has been a sizeable upward trend in government outlays as a share of GDP

Recent studies show that once a government s debt burden reaches a threshold perceived to be unsustainable, more debt will only stunt, not stimulate, economic growth.

To pay back the debt without strain, we need a booming economy. Talk of government spending cuts is premature.

Each downward revision implies postponement of the date on which the debt GDP ratio will peak.

Its debt to GDP ratio stood at 113 by the end of 2009.

The ratio of debt is measured against key variables such as GDP, export earnings and fiscal revenues.

In the US, the costs include more than eight million jobs lost since 2007, an increase in government debt relative to GDP of around 40 (mostly due to lost tax revenue), and much more.

And there's all sorts of crazy things that would happen, but at least now the government would be able to print its own money and use it to buy government debt, and continue to fund government spending and eventually inflate away its obligations.

India s external debt burden is even more favorable, at only 21.2 of GDP (much of it owed by the private sector), while short term external debt is only 5.2 of GDP.

In addition to estimating financing gaps and identifying the sources of financing (including different scenarios of debt rescheduling), DSA includes an analysis of debt dynamics to determine the stability of debt to GDP or debt to government revenue ratios.

Owing to strong GDP growth, the debt to GDP ratio decreased from 100.2 per cent to 95.1 per cent.

Even if this widens the deficit in the short run, it will reduce the national debt in the long run.

Greek public debt today stands at nearly 160 of the country s official GDP.

Spain and Ireland had fiscal surpluses and low debt GDP ratios before the crisis.