debt crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofdebtandcrisis

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debt
noun[C or U]
uk
/det/us
/det/
something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofdebtandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It focused on an agricultural bank that would solve the villagedebtcrisisand, by implication, transfers of land to foreigners.
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These candidates and their associational backers converged on similar critiques of state policies; prominent among these was the handling of thedebtcrisis.
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While most countries experienced major economic setbacks in the immediate aftermath of the 1982debtcrisis, some pulled out of the crisis relatively rapidly.
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This changed during the years of thedebtcrisis.
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In terms of performance, the economies of the region have also registered a common recovery from the profound disequilibria associated with the 1982debtcrisis.
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It is likely that if thedebtcrisishad not intervened, the government might well have continued slowly but steadily from these initial moves to open and diversify markets.
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The ' control variable ' is provided by performance between 1950 and 1980 - each country's performance after reforms began is compared with its performance in the three decades before thedebtcrisis.
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The second and more important objective is to show how such rules shaped the incentives of parties to adopt neoliberal reforms since the 1982 foreigndebtcrisis.
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While one set of criticisms did not ' carry the day ', the coalition offered an outlet for expression of opposing views in the early years of thedebtcrisis.
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Thedebtcrisisis being tackled with new debts.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The sovereigndebtcrisishas just confirmed their pro-cyclical nature.
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The present stage of the crisis is a closely intertwined combination of sovereigndebtcrisisand banking sector fragilities.
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One thinks of thedebtcrisis, the power of multinational capital, unfair trading arrangements, and the low prices paid for commodities.
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It sets out vividly and in detail the trouble of thedebtcrisisand the urgent need for the rich nations to act now.
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At this rate there is little prospect of the globaldebtcrisisbeing resolved until well into the next decade.
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Thedebtcrisisis over, but only for the banks.
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All too often in thisdebtcrisis, we see not merely industrial failure.
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They claim that it is inappropriate for it to be involved with issues such as the internationaldebtcrisis.
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The lesson of thedebtcrisisis that international financial flows need public sector guidance.
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The motion refers to the "internationaldebtcrisis".
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