national debt
Example Sentences
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That aims to support households through energy subsidies, even at the risk of inflating Japan's gargantuan national debt, which is expected to exceed 230 percent of GDP in the fiscal year 2025-26.
From Barron's
With Venezuela saddled with about $160 billion in outstanding national debts, she also put a high priority on reintegrating into the global capitalist order that her government had long shunned.
As the government paid down national debt and stored up cash, its ability to fill future gaps in the Social Security trust funds’ budget was becoming that much greater.
From MarketWatch
“Hamilton understood that if you put the national debt together, you create an America,” he says.
He believes Beijing is keen to collect taxes "wherever it can" as it battles a housing market slump and growing national debt.
From BBC
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