Debt-to-GDP Ratio

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Debt-to-GDP Ratio

A ratio of a country's national debt to its GDP. The debt-to-GDP ratio is one way to estimate whether or not a country will be able to repay its debt. The higher the ratio is, the more likely a country is to default because its government has borrowed too much relative to the ability of the country as a whole to repay. This may affect the country's sovereign credit rating. However, this ratio is not the only metric used. For example, the United States and the United Kingdom maintain national debts that approach 100% of GDP, but both have AAA credit ratings because the political risk in both countries is very low.
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It's right there, all you have to do is follow it: complete the tax reform program, sustain the deficit at three percent, lower your debt-to-gross domestic product ratio. It's all there," Dominguez said.
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This month, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas also reported that the country's external debt-to-gross domestic product ratio was 23.3 percent in 2017-a five-year low and a 5.6-percent decrease, from the 28.9-percent ratio recorded in 2013.
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Similarly, the external debt-to-gross domestic product ratio weakened from 18.8% to 20.4%.
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