foreign debt
noun
: the amount of money that a country owes other countries
the nation's growing foreign debt
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The Treasury’s catch-all basket for global economic cleanup, called the Exchange Stabilization Fund, has been used in novel ways before, but snapping up foreign debt is unusual.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The sanctions also slammed the local currency, driving up the cost of the company’s foreign debt by several million dollars.
—Alex Budak, Harvard Business Review, 5 Aug. 2025
In these transactions, a country reduces its foreign debt by giving a company an equity stake in a local company or property.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Laos has become almost entirely reliant on Chinese funds for the building of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River within its borders; infrastructure loans from China now account for half of the foreign debt that the landlocked country has incurred.
—Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The sanctions also slammed the local currency, driving up the cost of the company’s foreign debt by several million dollars.
—Alex Budak, Harvard Business Review, 5 Aug. 2025
In these transactions, a country reduces its foreign debt by giving a company an equity stake in a local company or property.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Laos has become almost entirely reliant on Chinese funds for the building of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River within its borders; infrastructure loans from China now account for half of the foreign debt that the landlocked country has incurred.
—Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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“Foreign debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20debt. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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