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. Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota:

   Given these costs, I anticipate that monetary policy will be insufficiently accommodative during periods at the nominal interest rate lower bound, which will lead the economy to undershoot the (Fed)’s inflation and employment objectives, fiscal policymakers can mitigate this risk by choosing to maintain higher levels of public debt than markets currently anticipate.

2. Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota:

   I want to be clear at the outset that I am not saying that it is appropriate for fiscal policymakers to increase the long-run level of public debt, i am simply pointing to one benefit associated with such an increase: It allows the central bank to be more effective in mitigating the impact of adverse shocks to aggregate demand.

3. Sahap Kavcioglu:

   That might not be a problem now given that Turkey's public finances are relatively strong — public debt is low at around 40 % of GDP — but it would cause the public debt dynamics to worsen.

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. 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.