The high risk has investors demanding higher interest rates, and not only on Greek debt.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Laura Levine says young people can take on more debt than they can deal with.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Some critics partly blame the crisis on Americans' low savings rate and high personal debt.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Dubai World Group is seeking to renegotiate terms on twenty-six billion dollars in debt.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

European Union officials agreed on a debt rescue plan this week.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

On Wednesday, China's Dagong credit rating agency downgraded American debt.

VOA: special.2011.08.05

"This budget creates mountains of new debt that will ultimately will require higher taxes on all of us and our children,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

Mr.Obama also said he hoped for an agreement on ways to reduce the U.S.debt and budget deficit, which are at record highs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Greenspan said the debt will eventually constrain the U.S.economy and erode America's place on the world stage.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"They are really concerned about the amount of spending that is going on in Washington and the amount of debt that is being piled up,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The plan he outlined would more than double the amount of money on the negotiating table and ensure that poor countries aren't saddled by debt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Republicans have taken aim at that, as they continue to attack Mr.Obama on several fronts and challenge the White House over deficit spending and rising debt.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Tens of thousands of disgruntled workers spilled into Greek streets on Wednesday, registering their discontent with government austerity measures to control Greece's spiraling public deficit and debt.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Clinton pledged more than $50 million in U.S.aid on top of an annual program exceeding $200 million for debt relief, food aid, counter-narcotics programs and job-creating road projects.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Economists say India's purchase of 200 tons of gold shows that the country has come a long way in the two decades since it was on the verge of defaulting on its international debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

"We look to see how much a client can afford to pay and that's how we determine how much they get -- how much a client has available after they've paid all of their expenses to be able to take on a new debt."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06