federal debt

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalanddebt

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federal
adjective
uk
/ˈfed.ər.əl/us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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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 offederalanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thefederaldebtincreased 3 1 times or 4 from 7% of initial private net worth to about 30%.
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These methods have been used on several previous occasions in whichfederaldebtneared its statutory limit.
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In fiscal 200809 the debt clock climbed by $183.92 per second, takingfederaldebtup to $463.7 billion.
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Federaldebtwas $20,374 per capita at the end of 1998.
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Thefederaldebtspawned by his policies tripled (from $930 billion in 1981 to $2.6 trillion in 1988), reaching record levels.
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The surplus money was used to pay down the public debt by $452 billion, though the grossfederaldebtcontinued to increase.
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Thefederaldebthad also grown to $500 billion.
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In particular, they were concerned about the staggeringfederaldebtburden and unemployment.
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The clock went into temporary retirement once the federal government balanced the budget in 1997 and began paying down thefederaldebt.
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The latest bill places more focus on eliminating thefederaldebt.
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At the same time thefederaldebtwas growing at an increasing pace.
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It also elaborates on several statistics mentioned in the movie - from the $9 trillionfederaldebtto the $738.6 billion trade deficit to the fact that each citizen owes an average of $30,000.
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The explosive path offederaldebtunder the alternative fiscal scenario underscores the need for large and timely policy changes to put the federal government on a sustainable fiscal course.
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With a recession, and an increase in federal spending from 2008, thefederaldebtgrew by $5.8 billion in 200809 and is expected to grow by $55.9 billion in 200910.
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