public debt
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Gross public debt as a share of GDP stands near 110%, the highest sustained level since the Napoleonic wars in Europe in the early 1800s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The ONS revealed also that UK public debt at the end of September was provisionally estimated to have exceeded £3 trillion for the first time.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Faced with rising borrowing costs, a deficit of 5.4% of GDP and a public debt at its highest level since the 1940s, Lecornu is financially as well as politically hamstrung.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Brazil is battling soaring public debt exacerbated by high interest rates, and the election result saw the Sao Paulo stock exchange rally to record highs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The public debt was regarded as sacred, and even the pensions continued to the poor nobles.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
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