public debt

Example Sentences

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Slow planning processes and uneasiness about public debt are to blame, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

According to the International Monetary Fund, they have public debt to gross domestic product ratios in excess of 100%.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Better infrastructure could boost long-term growth, Vietnam analyst Le Hong Hiep told AFP, but poor management of the projects "could overheat the economy, leading to inflation, higher public debt, fiscal strain, and ultimately macroeconomic instability".

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

But its public debt – standing at more than 130% of the total annual size of the economy - is high.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

True, the funded public debt had grown to 33½ millions, but the population had also increased to 484,700, so that the public debt proper was slightly more than �69 per head.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland