Synonyms for public debt
pub·lic debt

Princeton's WordNet

1. public debtnoun

   the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments; an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation

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1. • Debt

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1. Hun Sen:

   Cambodia has not only been able to plan this project for the benefit of the people but also achieve financial engineering that does not increase public debt to the state.

2. Carl Tricoli:

   This is an environment that private equity thrives in, the public equity markets are shut down, the public debt markets are shut down and companies' cash flows are going to be less, so they are going to need capital from somewhere.

3. Giuseppe Conte:

   Italian public debt is fully sustainable today, however, its reduction must be pursued, but with a view to economic growth.

4. Andrew Colquhoun:

   One reason why Japan is at single A, which is a low rating, is the fragility around the baseline case for the public debt, the tolerance to fluctuations in growth and interest rates is low.

5. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   Nominal GDP growth over the past five years would have been negative if U.S. public debt had not increased, one thing everybody seems to miss when they look at these GDP numbers ... they seem to not understand that the growth in the GDP it looks pretty good on the screen is really based exclusively on debt - government debt, also corporate debt and even now some growth in mortgage debt.