The Debt-to-GDP Ratio as a Tool for Debt Management: Not Good for LICs
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Keywords
debt-to-GDP ratio. debt service-to-revenue ratio; debt sustainability; liquidity; solvency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FDG-2023-03-20 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-PBE-2023-03-20 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2023-03-20 (Public Finance)
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