This compares with private sector debt in the US at 165 per cent of GDP.

相比之下，美国私人部门债务与GDP的比率达到165%。

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They are a result, because excessive private sector debt interacts with weak asset prices, particularly of housing, to depress demand.

说它们是结果，是因为私人部门过度负债和疲软的资产价格——尤其是房地产价格——结合在一起，抑制了需求。

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Like America, Spain experienced a huge property bubble, accompanied by a huge rise in private-sector debt.

与美国一样，西班牙经历了巨大的房地产泡沫，与之而来的是私营债务的巨额增加。

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"Job creation in the United States is something that small businesses, entrepreneurs and the private sector will do but they cannot do it if they are burdened by a legacy of debt and the prospect of higher taxes to pay off that debt and that is the most troubling aspect of the policies this administration is pursuing,".

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Russia also wants to gain debt forgiveness from Western governments, after reaching agreement earlier in the year to reschedule its private sector debt.

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From 1980 through 1990, private sector debt increased at 5% CAGR, government debt has grown at about 7% since 1990 (at 5% CAGR since 2000), Bloomberg statistics show.

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For one thing, a restructuring earlier this year delayed repayment on its private sector debt by at least a decade, and much of what it owes other euro-zone countries doesn't fall due for many years hence.

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