foreign debt
noun
: the amount of money that a country owes other countries
the nation's growing foreign debt
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Yields from foreign debt can be affected by currency markets.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
For years leading up to the pandemic, the African continent as a whole suffered financially more from foreign investors’ profit transfers and from illicit financial flows than from foreign debt payments.
—Martín Abregú, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024
For debtor nations, debt-for-nature swaps provide financial relief by reducing the burden of foreign debt, freeing up resources for other developmental needs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 July 2024
Hyperinflation ran at more than 2,000%, the Maoist insurgency called Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, controlled half the country, Peru had suspended payments on its foreign debt and the country produced more coca, the base material of cocaine, than any other country.
—Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
For years leading up to the pandemic, the African continent as a whole suffered financially more from foreign investors’ profit transfers and from illicit financial flows than from foreign debt payments.
—Martín Abregú, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024
For debtor nations, debt-for-nature swaps provide financial relief by reducing the burden of foreign debt, freeing up resources for other developmental needs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 July 2024
Hyperinflation ran at more than 2,000%, the Maoist insurgency called Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, controlled half the country, Peru had suspended payments on its foreign debt and the country produced more coca, the base material of cocaine, than any other country.
—Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Foreign debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20debt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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