# Debt overhang

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## Definition

In a narrower sense, the external debt of a country. - In the broader sense, total government debt. - Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, March 2013, p. 93 (note 3); ECB Monthly Bulletin, April 2013, p. 24 et seq. Liabilities of individual euro area member states vis-à-vis other countries; overviews; trends), Monthly Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank of January 2014, p. 72 ff. (External debt of peripheral euro area countries worryingly high; overviews). 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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