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With gross public debt at 200% of GDP, the fear is that the government will be unable to go on borrowing for ever.
ECONOMIST: Banyan
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There are exceptions to this rosy picture, the obvious one being Asia's most developed market, Japan, whose gross public debt is almost 200% of GDP.
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He says Poland will reduce the ratio of public debt to gross domestic product this year, and is almost certain that they will eliminate "excessive" public debt.
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The IMF says that public sector gross debt as a percentage of GDP for the US was 91.6% last year, rising to 99.5% in 2011 and is forecast to come in at 102.9% in 2012, despite assuming that the overall fiscal deficit declines by 3 percentage points to 7.1% of GDP.
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While adding to the government's gross debt, they have not driven up the more closely watched figure for public debt, net of assets: at 42.7% of GDP, this is back to its level of mid-2008, and is much lower than the debt burdens of European countries.
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Yet French public spending accounts for 56 percent of gross domestic product, the highest level in the euro zone, and public debt reached 90 percent of GDP this year.
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The region's public sector debt is below 35% of gross domestic product (GDP).
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Another huge economic stimulus package, like the ones his predecessor pushed through, would only add to the huge public debt - now totaling about 130% of gross domestic product - without guaranteeing a full recovery.
CNN: Taking Over
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Italy already has an accumulated public debt equivalent to more than a whole year's gross domestic product (GDP).
BBC: Berlusconi survives, but Italy faces uncertain future
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That task is central to meeting commitments to hitting EU deficit targets and bringing down the public debt, which has risen above 90 per cent of gross domestic product.
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The Greek government is trying to reduce a national debt that stands at about 115% of its gross domestic output, and a public deficit that exceeds 13%.
BBC: Greece makes 'strong start' in cutting debt, IMF says