debt burden

noun

: the amount of money that one owes
the company's large debt burden

Examples of debt burden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The debt burden could present risks in bond markets as creditors look increasingly skeptically at the government’s ability to make good on its ballooning borrowing, experts say. Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 As those expenses continue rising, the U.S. will either borrow more to pay up and add to its debt burden or cut spending on initiatives like the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, Eichengreen said. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 June 2024 Bond market jitters Of particular concern, according to analysts, is how a potentially very different parliament would affect France’s ability to whittle down its huge government debt burden, which stood at 110.6% of gross domestic product at the end of last year. Anna Cooban, CNN, 10 June 2024 Greece, for example, lost a quarter of its output during a decade-long crisis, and its debt burden soared. Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024 The People’s Parity report includes several recommendations, such as lowering the student debt burden. Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2024 The measures come after France received a warning about its high debt burden from the International Monetary Fund, which called for more effort to get budget deficits under control. Tara Patel, Fortune, 26 May 2024 The Biden administration’s effort to ease the debt burden for some borrowers with loan forgiveness was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. Alex Tanzi, Fortune, 20 July 2023 Its margins, cash flow and returns on investments had deteriorated over five years and its debt burden had soared. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024

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“Debt burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20burden. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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