# Debt ratio

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## Definition

Unless otherwise defined, the ratio of borrowed capital to the total capital of a company or industry calculated according to certain rules; the borrowing ratio: the percentage of total assets financed by a company's creditors. A higher ratio shows that there is larger amount of other's money being used in an attempt to generate profits). On average in the German economy, this ratio is eighty percent. - See leverage (effect), debt ratio, debt coefficient. - Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, June 2008, p. 55 (debt ratio of non-financial corporations 2000 to 2007; interest burden; 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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