net debt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnetanddebt
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net
adjective[before or after noun]
uk/net/us/net/
left when there is nothing else to be ...
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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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(Definition ofnetanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this case, we will first analyze what is the effect of adopting a fiscal rule of budget balance (zeronetdebt).
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Table 12 shows total public sectornetdebtsubdivided into internal and external.
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The fiscal rule that will be considered in this paper is that of a fixednetdebtpolicy.
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Ideally, one would want data on thenetdebt(or assets) of the consolidated government, but such data are more difficult to construct.
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The most dynamic component of totalnetdebtwas internal debt.
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Suppose then that the government fixes a desirednetdebtratio and adjusts its fiscal policy instruments.
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Proceeds from mobile phone licence sales will be used to reduce public sectornetdebt.
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Thenetdebtinterest will certainly have doubled.
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Our main sources of income from all over the world were lost, and in place of them we incurred anetdebtof something like £3,000,000,000.
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This year, or rather in the financial year which has just passed, it was first estimated to represent anetdebtrepayment of £243 million.
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In the event, the out-turn for debt repayment has proved to be nearly three times the original estimate with anetdebtrepayment of £600 million.
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At the same time as we were achieving economic stability,netdebthas been reduced.
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After sequestration, the debtor's income would be £1,800 per month, hisnetdebtrepayments would be nil and his net available income would be £1,800 per month.
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Thenetdebtposition—the difference between total saving and total borrowing—is the important and alarming factor.
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Local authorities already have a statutory duty to set aside a fixed proportion of theirnetdebteach year from revenue—known as the minimum revenue provision.
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As against that the sum of approximately £600,000,000 has been paid off in the shape of sinking fund, leaving nearly £900,000,000 increase in thenetdebtof this country.
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Were annual debt repayments for each of the next ten years to be at the current forecast level of £10 billion the stock ofnetdebtwill be virtually halved.
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Unlike the public sectornetdebt, it does not include borrowing by local authorities, nor does it net off assets such as the foreign exchange reserves.
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If one includesnetdebtinterest, the level of public expenditure in 1978–79 was about the same as the level now planned for 1983–84.
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The plan included anetdebtavoidance of $3.2 trillion over 10 years.
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