# Debt service ratio

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## Definition

For general government, the ratio of debt service to expenditure. The ratio indicates how the spending margin has already been narrowed by borrowing in previous periods. - See net creditor, debt-debt ratio, debt ratio, government. - Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of May 2011, p. 22 f. (debt ratio of euro area members since 2009; forecast to 2013). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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