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In economics, the debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country's government debt (measured in units of currency) and its gross domestic product (GDP) (measured in units of currency per year). A low debt-to-GDP ratio indicates that an economy produces goods and services sufficient to pay back debts without incurring further debt. [1]
Consumer leverage ratio. In economics, consumer debt is the amount owed by consumers (as opposed to amounts owed by businesses or governments). It includes debts incurred on purchase of goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate. In macroeconomic terms, it is debt which is used to fund consumption rather than investment. [1]
In 1946, the total US debt-to-GDP ratio was 150%, with two-thirds of that held by the federal government. Since 1946, the federal government's debt-to-GDP ratio has since fallen by nearly half, to 54.8% of GDP in 2009. The debt-to-GDP ratio of the financial sector, by contrast, has increased from 1.35% in 1946 to 109.5% of GDP in 2009.
After a decade of hyper-consumption, in which Americans bought and consumed at unsustainable rates, consumers cut back massively in 2008 and 2009. Some of this was due to cyclical belt-tightening ...
It might seem logical that the people who struggle with high debt levels are those who don't earn enough money to pay off their obligations. While that may be true to some degree, a large number of...
“First, the relationship between government debt and real GDP growth is weak for debt/GDP ratios below 90% of GDP. Above the threshold of 90%, median growth rates fall by 1%, and average growth ...
The following lists sort countries by Stock of loans and debt issued by households as a percentage of GDP according to data by the International Monetary Fund and Institute of International Finance. International Monetary Fund
Consumer Leverage Ratio in the US. The consumer leverage ratio is the ratio of total household debt to disposable personal income. [1] In the United States these are reported, respectively, by the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce.