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sovereign debt en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation.
    • In a note last month to his array of international fund manager clients, Gerard Minack, Morgan Stanley’s former Global Strategist, warned that many developed economies are heading for sovereign debt crises. 2026 January 24, Michael Pascoe, “America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay”, in Michael West Media:

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Synonyms

public debt · government debt · national debt